I graduated with a BS in Botany [Molecular Biology] from SFSU. I’ve worked industry, non-profit, and academic jobs over the past 22 years. I’ve worked, briefly, in Stanley Prusiner’s lab; I’ve gone down with a sinking startup; and I’ve built a lab from scratch – and dismantled it 6 years later. I’ve been in San Francisco for 29 years and loved every minute of it.