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Ask me about my childhood, and you'd think I never experienced anything other than summers filled with free-range adventures in my neighborhood. Raised in a suburb east of San Francisco, I spent the '70s and early '80s riding bikes and playing sports of every kind. Whether due to bearing the title of the younger sister or learning that I was shorter than most, I was scrappy, and athletics lit a fire in me to want to be my best. I applied that drive to seasonal tennis, skiing, and soccer. The introduction of hard work and dedication came through swimming and competitive gymnastics, where I learned what it means to honor your commitments, to follow through - the triumph of finishing... There was always an expectation of giving your best effort in my family. I found I needed to spend extra time on academics, and from hard work, I saw particular success in English coursework in college - precisely because of writing. What brought real victory for me was finding a community of writers -..