I Saw You Standing: and Other Essays Celebrating Mothers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781732685000)

Tamara E. Brown loves seeing things grow-whether a medical device, chemical plant build, future careers for children in STEM, or (of course) things in the garden! Named a White House Champion of Change in 2011 and one of Fortune Magazine's Heroes of the 500, her work experiences have informed her personal passion: creating opportunities so that others can realize the potential in their lives. In the last fourteen years the Tech Savvy program she founded has introduced thousands of middle school girls across the country and the adults in their lives to the multiple possibilities in science. Tamara earned her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, double-majoring in biomedical engineering and chemical engineering, a Master's degree in chemical engineering from the University at Buffalo, and an MBA from Canisius College. A lifelong learner, she recently completed a Harvard Business School program in sustainable business strategy. Her career has spanned the fields of medical device development, technology project management, sustainable development and community engagement. She calls Mississippi home and enjoys living and working in Western Connecticut, where she also writes and gardens, but neither frequently enough! Always careful to emphasize that what you do doesn't completely define who you are, she is most importantly: a child of God, friend, niece, cousin, sister, and honorary lifelong Western New Yorker. She is Godmother to undeniably the most astute young lady in the universe-- and, of course, she is a daughter!