There's A Virtuoso At The White House And The Work She's Doing Is Fascinating

Sophia is a project to collect life lessons from interesting people. Subscribe to get our updates directly via Facebook or email, or share your own wisdom. A decade ago, Glamour magazine declared Maya Shankar one of the country's 10 most impressive women in college. Asked at the time to name her dream job, Shankar said, "Science adviser to the President." You can guess how this story ends. How it begins is more unexpected. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Shankar was a gifted young violini...