Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot came and talked to us on Thursday, November 19th. She talked about her book, and her inspiration to the book. She talked about where she is now, and how she got there. She explained earlier works and articles and she just explained certain interests she had. She started into science when she worked in a vet's morgue. She wrote a paper on it and how it affected her research. In class one day, she heard the Henrietta Lacks story and was just drawn to it. She wanted to hear more and learn more, so she researched it. She talks to the family of Henrietta. She talks to the doctors and she is able to understand what is going on, so she then tries to explain it to the Lacks family. It was really neat to see her talk on the subject of what she is passionate about. She wanted to know about something, so she went out and got it. She was very comfortable to just talk about things she had written about. It was really cool to just listen to someone talk about something that worked really hard at accomplishing, and it kind of gives you hope to hang in there and stick with it, even if it takes you ten years.