"I grew up in a home with physical violence. As a little girl, I often felt powerless. That sense of powerlessness became the engine that unknowingly drove much of my life. When I was a graduate school student at Stanford, my team invented a portable infant incubator for premature babies. Unlike traditional incubators, our technology could work without constant electricity. It was designed to be used in remote parts of the world."
"We turned the idea into a company called Embrace and set a goal to save a million babies. After graduation, I moved to India, where nearly 40 percent of the world's premature babies are born. Over the next few years, we did product development, clinical testing, figured out manufacturing, and then we finally launched the product. It was so rewarding to save lives with our incubators. One of the first babies we saved was in China. We donated a few incubators to an orphanage"
Jane grew up in a home with physical violence and often felt powerless. That powerlessness propelled her achievements and became an engine driving her life. While at Stanford, her team invented a portable infant incubator designed to work without constant electricity for remote areas. The idea became Embrace, aiming to save a million babies. She moved to India for development, testing, manufacturing, and launched the product. Saving lives felt rewarding but revealed that achievements can mask trauma, requiring self-compassion and inward work for authentic healing and leadership.
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