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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class - which wasn't such a bad deal.

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

My parents, once I made it clear to them that I wanted to do science, they were totally sympathetic.

I love math and science, and also, my mom is a doctor. I grew up not even having an awareness that women were not supposed to be good at science.

I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at the university. But when I got there... well, the subject still attracted me a lot, but I had to do all these exams, and it was just like working in an office. I couldn't stand that.

I really didn't like the academic structure of science, but I realized I loved science and missed science.

One of the reasons I'm so passionate about science is that it wasn't correctly taught to me. I got excited at university.

When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.

If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!