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I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

I went to law school after college.

I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.

I worked my way through law school.

I worked at a law firm in New York very briefly.

When I was starting out, I followed along the path that seemed to be marked out for me - from high school to college to law school to professional life.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

I don't have a college degree. I started working at 19 on a tiny newspaper. I've covered everything from weddings to crime to criminal weddings.