David Rogier

They also kill her father.

And she flees the United States.

She gets a job in a factory.

And while in a factory, she applies to medical school, like to over 50 schools.

She gets a no from every single one of them.

This is your grandmother, right?

This is my grandmother.

She applies again to all 50 schools.

She got a no from every single one.

She starts calling the deans of admissions and starts saying, why?

How come I'm not getting it?

How come I keep hearing no?

They all hang up on the phone with her except for one.

who says that you have three strikes against you.

You are a woman, you are a foreigner and you're Jewish.

She applies again the next year, she finally gets into one, becomes a doctor and builds a big practice and

I remember the first time she told me the story and I'm just like staring at it, right?

I'm like eight years old, like this is so heavy stuff to hear.

And I'm just like staring at her and she's like, David, the point I'm trying to make to you is that education is the only thing that someone can't take away from you.

And that kind of came rushing back in my head and wanted to build something that other people can't take from other people.