Mommy Can Boys Also Be Doctors?

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mother Scientist Immigrant Scholar Wife Trailblazer Mentor.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Acclaimed biochemist </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dr. Marlene Belfort</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> has something to say to the next generation. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The child of immigrant parents who escaped Hitler's regime she recounts growing up in South Africa during apartheid losing her father to suicide and trying to make sense of an insensible world. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To young scientists Dr. Belfort concedes to muddling through during her career learning to be at ease with uncertainty and embracing ambiguity.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To parents she cites her own experience as a working mother as evidence that the very activities that we fear will damage children often do the opposite building their resilience and lifelong connections. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To those suffering from depression she poignantly describes her own illness and recovery offering hope and inspiration.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mommy Can Boys Also Be Doctors?</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> explores walking the tightrope of balancing the personal and professional. It frankly discusses the human struggle to deal with discrimination depression and loss. And it celebrates the joy of living a rich fulfilling life. Letting go is liberating! </span></p>