What, Why, How: Sara Henning

What:

I’m a poet with a scientist’s soul—a paradox, maybe, but it shapes how I navigate this wondrous and often difficult world. I majored in Genetics and English in college. Scholarships were the catalytic threads which wove my dreams of higher education into reality. I was a girl whose single mother worked multiple minimum wage jobs. My father, a firefighter, lost his life in the line of duty. I was often alone, shuttled between grandparents and after-school programs. Books were the onl...