Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
I love teaching people who want to learn.
I just feel this energy from them.
And I know they're going to go and do amazing things,
and it's not just to go out there and make lots of money,
but to use their degrees to help when they see injustice.
Knowing the law is power.
You get to see inside the legal structure
and be a force for change if you want to.
One: they don't want attorneys to share the benefit.
Two: they don't want a difficult process. Yes.
I feel a strong connection with my grandmother.
I don't think in her wildest dreams she imagined
she'd have a granddaughter in America
who'd be teaching and have a degree and
have the blessings and privileges that I have.
She grew up in a small town, and she was illiterate.
Despite her circumstances,
she pushed herself to read and taught her children.
My father was a brain surgeon in the Middle East,
and my mom was also highly educated.
They came here and had to do this real
sort of back-breaking work so we could be here.
My dad drove trucks, and Mom worked at the dry cleaner's,
and they had three daughters. They wanted us to succeed.
So I feel that responsibility
and a desire to soak up all this country has to give.
My mom gave up so much for us,
and I want to give my kids what I was given.
I want my three daughters to grow and value motherhood.
I want them to be strong, good people,
and I feel like I need God's help with that because
it's a big task to help a child realize their full potential.
I'm an immigrant, a not-so- tough law professor.
I'm a mother, someone who needs six hours of sleep at least,
and I'm not getting it.
I'm psychiatrist to three of the cutest girls in the world.
My name is Mehrsa, and I'm a Mormon.