For me, nothing in this world is as comforting as food. It has a never ending capability to be a solution for every problem and an answer to every question: a celebration meal, a consolation binge, an energizing snack.

Something that is always in my purse is Tide Pens. Tide Pens are small capsules shaped like a pen filled with bleach in order to rub away stains.

When I was nine years old, I started doing the nerdiest thing of all time. I started training for math competitions. Math competition classes are exactly what you’d expect: boring. I hated it. I skipped every class and never did any of my homework.