I always wanted to be a professional flute player. After getting my graduate degree in music performance from San Francisco State University, however, that goal didn’t pan out, so I opted to go into teaching – both flute and other subjects – and did that for a long time before taking a position as operations manager and race director at a nonprofit called Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley, which teaches girls to develop self-esteem and confidence through running.

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