When she was small her mother would take her to piano and violin lessons two or three times a week, which she describes as unusual for American families.
她回想小時候，幾乎在中學以前，每週都要花二到三個晚上，由媽媽接送到長島中學去學鋼琴和小提琴，「美國家庭很少這樣的」，她說，這使她失去很多跟同學相處打交道的機會。