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I was born in Poland, spent two transitional years in Sweden, and ended up in the United States at the age of just over three. I grew up here but did so in a pre–World War II Polish bubble with an older brother, a younger sister, and survivor parents: one a righteous Gentile and one a rescued Jew. My mother’s identity as a teacher and Polish intellectual dictated to her that we would receive a double education: the best the American school system could offer (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Vassar, and Swarthmore), and all the knowledge of Polish language, history, and literature that she could provide for us. My father, a dentist, had a talent for languages and spoke English not only fluently but without any accent even though he started speaking it after the age of 40. This background shaped many of the decisions I have made throughout my life.