SELF PORTRAIT

Donna Terrell

DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH: Feb. 20, Ann Arbor, Mich. MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK IS: Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

IF I WERE STRANDED ON A DESERT ISLAND, THREE THINGS I WOULD WANT WITH ME: My cellphone and Wi-Fi access and some exercise equipment.

SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ME: I dropped out of high school — for two weeks.

MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH: Mykanos, Greece.

MY MOST PRECIOUS CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Centers around home. My mother would cook dinner and we would eat it on the wooden picnic table in our backyard. It was such a treat.

THE MEAL I LOVE MOST IS: Seafood, especially crab legs, sometimes with a baked potato. Queah used to make it for me. When I go to a restaurant that’s what I get.

I’M MOST COMFORTABLE: At home.

THE FIVE PEOPLE I WOULD INVITE TO A FANTASY DINNER PARTY: My daughter Queah; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Steve Jobs and Serena Williams.

I’M MOST PROUD OF: My daughter. Everything goes back to her. I’m proud of my career, I’m proud of the person that I’ve become, I’m proud that I’ve created this organization … but there is nothing like being a mom and feeling like you were successful with that person.

ONE WORD TO SUM ME UP: Determined.