𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '50𝑠.

[ What Claire says next isn't to brag, isn't to put herself on a pedestal. Women in this field is important to her in a way she can't quite explain. ]

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑑-30𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦.

[ She's such a mother, too, encouraging, wanting to see someone who truly has a passion succeed. ]