Evil tongues say that if it were not for Mark Zuckerberg, no one would have known who Priscilla Chan was, even though she had undeniable talents from a young age. However, the history of her family and her personal history suggests that without the investment of labor and the dedication of the girl, her life would not have turned out the way it did.
Priscilla Chan often hears the words "American Cinderella" in her address. However, Cinderella got everything she had thanks to magic, and Priscilla worked hard to make a career and deserve a happy family life.
Biography
Priscilla's parents lived in Vietnam, although they are Chinese by origin. When the war broke out in their country, they fled to America, where their mother's parents lived. It was in the seventies of the last century. And in 1985 Priscilla was born. She was born in the town of Braintree, so she considers herself a Native American.
She attended school in Quincy, and showed great success there. One of her hobbies was robotics, and all her classmates considered her a genius. Also, the girl was fond of sports - she played tennis well.
A high school graduate with such inclinations was willingly taken to Harvard University, where she received a bachelor's degree in biology. Parents and all relatives were proud of Priscilla - she is the only one in their family who received a higher education.
After university, Chan entered a private school - she taught science to children. However, the thought that she wanted to become a doctor bothered her all the time. So she went to the University of California and graduated as a pediatrician.
Personal life
Priscilla met her future husband while still at Harvard. Naturally, then he was not yet famous and rich. They met at a party, and Mark did not like his future wife at all. However, she agreed to a date with him. And later, when I got to know him better, I realized that this was “her man”.
Their wedding took place in May 2012, and especially Mark and Priscilla did not advertise it. Many learned about this event on Zuckerberg's Facebook page.
The wedding was neither magnificent nor pompous - the couple never liked show. A modest dress and simple shoes did not embarrass Priscilla at all, however, as well as the fact that the wedding took place in the backyard of the house.
The Zuckerberg and Chan family already have two daughters, although before that Priscilla had several miscarriages. Mark did not hide the details of family life, and on his page talked about family problems. He said that their experience could help other families to pass similar tests.
Charity
Like many wives of wealthy husbands, Priscilla is involved in charity work. It was she who initiated the creation of the organ donation program through Facebook. Later, he and Mark created the CZI charity foundation, which is an abbreviation of the names Zuckerberg and Chan. The main goal of the foundation is to make significant positive changes in medicine and school education, as well as in the criminal system.
Priscilla and Mark are donating billions of dollars in charitable projects in San Francisco and other counties.
Recently, they have voiced a rather ambitious goal of curing all diseases. For this, new laboratories are being created that will investigate the processes occurring in the human body at the cellular level.
