Her story was indeed inspiring, but not as some of my friends would suggest, because she married a billionaire.
In private gossips, stories of ordinary people marrying a prince or princess, or someone who is fabulously rich, the feeling of being envious that she or he is so lucky is commonly shared. We are so caught up with material wealth that any chance to have a share of someone's billions is like striking mega lottery!
But reading Priscilla Chan's background before her fairy tale wedding to Mark Zuckerberg, it was more a case of students in love, and later one happens to strike it rich beyond his wildest dreams. It wasn't planned as some cases would suggest, when they targeted those who have already made it. Priscilla certainly knows what she wanted at an early age ie. to get into Harvard, and she happens to like a nerd like Mark!
"For Priscilla is the child of a Chinese-Vietnamese father who arrived in America with his family in the Seventies after spending time in a refugee camp.
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In private gossips, stories of ordinary people marrying a prince or princess, or someone who is fabulously rich, the feeling of being envious that she or he is so lucky is commonly shared. We are so caught up with material wealth that any chance to have a share of someone's billions is like striking mega lottery!
But reading Priscilla Chan's background before her fairy tale wedding to Mark Zuckerberg, it was more a case of students in love, and later one happens to strike it rich beyond his wildest dreams. It wasn't planned as some cases would suggest, when they targeted those who have already made it. Priscilla certainly knows what she wanted at an early age ie. to get into Harvard, and she happens to like a nerd like Mark!
"For Priscilla is the child of a Chinese-Vietnamese father who arrived in America with his family in the Seventies after spending time in a refugee camp.
Later Dennis Chan, 47, raised enough money to open a Chinese restaurant, where he worked gruelling 18-hour days as he dreamt of his first-born daughter living the American dream.
Priscilla was raised largely by her grandmother as her mother Yvonne also worked long hours at the Taste of Asia in Boston. At the 1,200-pupil state-run Quincy High School in the working-class town of Quincy, near Boston, it quickly became clear that Priscilla was bright - and determined to get on.
Peter Swanson, 66, her science teacher and tennis coach, said: 'She came up to me during that first year, when she was 13, and said, 'What do I have to do to get into Harvard University?''
'I was stunned. In all my years of teaching I have never had a 13-year-old ask a question like that. She knew what she wanted, even back then. I encouraged her to join the tennis team because I knew that Harvard would require her to have a well-rounded resume.'
He added: 'She was mostly raised by her Chinese grandmother, who spoke no English. She was a very dignified woman who clearly was a huge influence in Priscilla's life. The grandmother was her emotional support. Her parents were working long hours - 18-hour days - at the restaurant.
'Priscilla worked incredibly hard at her studies and graduated top of her class. She gave me a voucher for a free meal at her family's restaurant as a gift..."
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