When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.