请愿平台女掌门：后悔做错事好过后悔没做

你怎样保持平衡的生活？

    我把重点放在做一个随叫随到的家长。回首我的童年和青年时光，让我记忆犹新的一点就是，我的父母总是随叫随到。他们都有工作，但重要场合他们总在那里，表达他们对我的支持，甚至是在上班时也不例外。这种支持给了我信心，而这种信心则让我敢于冒险，目标远大。

    现在我已经为人父母，我想让我的孩子们能感觉到，我会一直支持他们。我会提前下班去看他们的舞蹈表演、学校音乐会和其他活动。差不多每次去医院都是我带着他们（看病、看牙、矫正牙齿）——这不仅是因为我需要这样做，也因为我想让他们知道我关心他们的点点滴滴，而不光是大事。（再说，我喜欢和他们待在一起！）

    当然，有些时候我确实没办法和他们在一起，所以我尽量保证自己在可能的情况下随叫随到。

如果不再从事现在的工作，你会干什么？

    说实话，我不会去别的地方工作——我一直想用自己的热情来建立大型网络公司，而且希望能给整个世界和我们的社会带来一些影响，Chang.org在这两方面都很理想。不过，如果不在这里工作了，我能想到的就是再回去当老师。我刚开始踏进职场时就是当老师，它也是我喜欢的工作。

你有哪些爱好？

    我有两大爱好，一个是和家人朋友在一起，另一个是到世界各地去旅游观光。Chang.org已经在18个国家和地区设立了办公室，我想带我的女儿们去其中的一些地方。

What do you do to live a balanced life?

    I focus on being a present parent. When I look back on my childhood and young adult years, one of the things I remember clearly is that my parents were always there. They were both working parents, and yet they showed their support for me by coming to important events, even in the middle of a work day. That support helped give me confidence that I could take risks and aim big.

    Now that I'm a parent myself, I want my children to feel that I'm there to support them. I leave work early to attend their dance recitals, school concerts, and other events. I even take them to nearly all of their appointments (doctors, dentists, orthodontists,etc.) – not because I need to, but because I want them to know I care about all the things they do, not just the big events. (Plus, I like spending time with them!)

    Of course, there are times when I just can't make it, so I work hard to make sure I'm present for them whenever I possibly can be.

What would you do if you weren't working at your current job?

    There's honestly nowhere I'd rather work – I've always wanted to blend my passion for building big internet companies and my desire to drive global [and] social impact, and Change.org is the ideal place to do both. But, if I were not doing this, I could imagine going back to teaching, which I did early in my career and loved.

What do you do for fun?

    My two favorite activities are spending time with my family and friends and traveling to learn about other places around the world. I look forward to taking my daughters to visit some of the 18 countries where we have Change.org offices.