Mary Finn Shapiro (BA, Humanities, 1978) is an intellectual property paralegal for Wells Fargo & Company. The mother of three children, Mary states that her personal life has always driven her professional life. Her first course in CSCL was a course on the Enlightenment with Richard Leppert. She later became his advisee and research assistant. When she professes about the importance of finding mentors in life, she says that, “without him, I would have been a humanities major, but not such an avid one. That’s why I tell my kids, ‘get a mentor.’”