On My 16th Birthday, My Father Gave Me $10 and Told Me to Leave. Then I Handed Him an Envelope He Wasn’t Ready to Open.

of Washington on a combination of scholarships and recovered trust funds. I studied finance and trust law with a focus that made my professors raise their eyebrows and write recommendation letters that used words like “passionate” and “driven.” I graduated summa cum laude and went straight to law school. I passed the bar on my first attempt and took continue reading …