Over the years, I have had the opporutnity to meet or collaborate with some of my academic and creative heroes, people like: Dan Ariely, Marylin Waring, Joan Wallach Scott, Susan Faludi and Russ Rymer, Thomas Piketty, Freeman Dyson, Susan Neiman, and Annie Finch. I feel so blessed by having all of these wonderful people as mentors in one way or another.