I’m kind of like the human version of stir fry. My family consists of a hippie Jewish father, a semi-conservative Catholic Pakistani mother, a step-brother and sister both adopted from South Korea, and yours truly. Dinner conversations ranged from the morality of drone warfare to why my mom thought her coworker put an evil eye on her. From this, my family instilled in me an insatiable sense of curiosity and the uncanny ability to chat with anyone—skills that have extended into my academic and professional careers.