Dr. Maya Shankar

You can try and inspire new opportunities for yourself.

You can try and inspire new opportunities for yourself.

So I'm so grateful for that learning lesson because it wasn't the first time when I had to create an opportunity for myself that didn't necessarily exist beforehand.

So I'm so grateful for that learning lesson because it wasn't the first time when I had to create an opportunity for myself that didn't necessarily exist beforehand.

But I...

But I...

Yeah, I'm grateful for my mom's fearlessness, I guess, because it really helped allow my violin career to, you know, to blossom.

Yeah, I'm grateful for my mom's fearlessness, I guess, because it really helped allow my violin career to, you know, to blossom.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

I mean,

I mean,

I think just hard work, just relentlessly devoted to my craft.

I think just hard work, just relentlessly devoted to my craft.

Because, you know, I'm really grateful that my mom opened the door for me that day.

Because, you know, I'm really grateful that my mom opened the door for me that day.

But it was important that I was able to perform on the spot, you know, and actually complete the audition.

But it was important that I was able to perform on the spot, you know, and actually complete the audition.

And so I think just...

And so I think just...