An Earthquake Jolted Me to Act

<p>Itell my kids they wouldn&rsquo;t exist if it weren&rsquo;t for an earthquake.</p> <p>It was May 1990, mere weeks before my high school graduation. I was bound for UC Berkeley &mdash; school ID and dorm assignment already in hand &mdash; when I unexpectedly received a letter from Stanford. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake, which the prior fall had upended the Bay Area and heavily damaged the Palo Alto campus, had apparently scared off prospective students. So Stanford plucked me and countless others off the waitlist, belatedly offering us spots in its incoming class.</p> <p><a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/an-earthquake-jolted-me-to-act-4c35229de93e"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>