The Genius Of Raising Brilliant Kids

He’s just an everyday kid, 16 year-old Jack Andraka

Jack Andraka at The White House

He’s the son of an engineer and anesthetist who has vaulted his way onto the main stage of science and innovation.  Jack’s work on developing a rapid, highly sensitive and inexpensive test for cancer has made headlines around the world.  I interviewed Jack in Feburary and Forbes editor Bruce Upbin  profiled his innovations in June 2012.  Over the past few months Jack has traveled the world, rubbing shoulders with political and scientific dignitaries at such distinguished places such as TED Conferences, The Royal Society of Medicine in London and even The White House.
But with all the news and excitement about Jack’s scientific achievement, I was interested in learning what really drove him and more about two of the proudest people on the planet–his parents,