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Occupation: Social Benefit Fund Founder
Education: BA, English - BYU; JD - University of Utah Law School; LLM, Taxation - University of Washington Law School
Growing up: I grew up on the mean streets (not really) of Orange County, California, the second of six kids. My mom was one of 11 children, so I had A LOT of cousins that lived in Utah (where she grew up). Every time they came to visit, we would take them to Disneyland. We would pack a lunch of liverwurst sandwiches, apples and oranges, strawberries or cookies, and a water jug, and store it in one of the lockers outside the entrance to the park in the picnic area. We would ride rides until early afternoon, then go eat lunch on the picnic tables, then stay until 9 or 10 p.m. I went to Disneyland many, many times each summer, and now I can barely stand to go. I think I have only taken my kids there twice, which I believe qualifies as child abuse in some jurisdictions/families. I’d much rather go to the beach or the mountains.