When my mother was inside my grandmother’s body, she already had my egg in her ovaries. That means my grandmother’s life impacts me across the spectrum, from biology to what her social environment was like during those earlier phases of her life. You’ve probably heard that we’re more than our accomplishments, but according to my institute’s research, we’re more than even the years we’ve walked this earth. So when someone rises above adversity, it’s not only rising above what they can see. They are, in fact, fighting a battle many times two generations in the making.
