OK Smarty: How I Went Into Science Editing

Although I am the kind of person who knew she wanted to work in human genetics since she was young, I have always found it hard to specialize and work on only one problem at a time.  My undergraduate degree was in both genetics and biochemistry, which are normally in two different schools, even though they are intimately related.  Thus, there were a lot of extra courses and negotiations between two advisors to get the curricula to fit.  I earned my Ph.D.