Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs: 25 Tales of Mothers and Daughters
8 BRIANA SULLIVAN AND CAMBYR SULLIVAN HIKERS One day Briana decided she wanted to go on a hike all by herself Her kids were at summer camp so it seemed like the perfect time She left technology behind and headed for the majestic White Mountains She spent two weeks in nature and loved it even when it rained She vowed one day she would hike the whole Appalachian Trail Her daughter Cambyr wasn't interested when her mom asked if she wanted to hike She didn't even like camping that much But then Cambyr found a video about a whole family that hiked the trail So cool she decided Let's do it After talking with Cambyr's teachers Briana prepared to homeschool her daughter Cambyr would finish up the eighth grade while walking 10 to 30 miles a day As they hiked up mountains explored forests and crossed rivers they scavenged for mushrooms berries and medicinal plants They made friends with hikers from all over the world And every night Briana played her guitar before they went to sleep The pair even picked up hiking names while out on the trail Briana's new name was Chickweed after the weed she foraged and stuffed into her sandwiches to help soothe the aches and pains from their trek Cambyr's was Kaleidoscope because her personality is all the colors of the rainbow The trail ended at Mount Katahdin in Maine more than 2,000 miles from where they'd started Briana stood on the trail sign and raised her guitar above her head in victory while Cambyr snapped a picture Exhausted and overjoyed they shouted Yahoo into the sky BRIANA BORN NOVEMBER 21 1972 CAMBYR BORN MAY 10 2006 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOLLOW ME AND MY AMAZING 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AS WE PACK OUR BAGS OF DREAMS AND TAKE ONLY AN OUNCE OR TWO OF PRACTICALITY WITH US ON A SIX-MONTH ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME BRIANA SULLIVAN ILLUSTRATION BY DEANDRA HODGE
CHANG YI WANG AND MEI MEI HU BIOTECH FOUNDER AND CEO Once upon a time there was a girl who was fascinated by viruses They were just so tiny and strange But they can make people very sick So Chang Yi set out to find ways to outsmart them She became a top-notch scientist and started her own company but her daughter Mei Mei wasn't interested in biotechnology Instead of following in her mom's footsteps to become a scientist she studied economics and law While Chang Yi worked hard in her lab Mei Mei used her skills to help businesses that were in trouble One day Chang Yi invited Mei Mei over for dinner They got to talking and Mei Mei realized that this time it was her mom's company that was in trouble She couldn't just sit by and do nothing She knew she had to help Mei Mei sifted through her mom's paperwork and made piles Then she moved to the whiteboard to scribble out a plan She circled the biggest and best science project Chang Yi was working on an Alzheimer's vaccine Many people all over the world suffer from this disease It steals people's memories It can make people get extra cranky repeat words forget where they put things or where they are and even forget to eat and drink Mei Mei reorganized the company and started a new venture with her mother In her lab Chang Yi cooked up a vaccine that would encourage the brain to attack the nasty plaque that causes Alzheimer's She'll keep working until it is ready for people Mei Mei helped save the company so that Chang Yi could help save people in the future with her life-changing vaccine They are a mighty team CHANG YI BIRTHDATE UNKNOWN MEI MEI BIRTHDATE UNKNOWN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10
MY PARENTS GAVE ME THE NAME CHANG YI WHICH IN ENGLISH MEANS ÅLWAYS HAPPY IF WE CURED ALZHEIMER'S I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY CHANG YI WANG ILLUSTRATION BY NẠN CAO
