Growing up in the sixties and seventies when so many changes were happening in American society made me believe that my dreams could be fulfilled and that being a woman was no longer a barrier to the career that I wanted. I could be married and have children and have a successful career. However, along with �wanting it all�, is the reality that you have to prioritize and learn to balance what is most important to you in life. This is my story of how I have managed to wear the many hats that I do: as a chemistry professor at a mid-sized, private Catholic university, as a research mentor, as a wife, daughter, sister, friend and as a mother.

Wanting it all

248th National Meeting (2014)

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