Chapter 14

The Chen Protocol launched six months later to international acclaim. Research teams at MIT, Stanford, and Oxford began building on my mother's work within weeks. The name Lily Chen appeared in journals, keynote addresses, and conversations shaping the future of technology. The Chen Foundation's inaugural scholarship class — fifteen young women in STEM — started that fall. I spoke at the ceremony, Lily squirming on my hip, reaching for the microphone with the determination of someone who'd...