Jean Williams is an autistic woman, born in Massachusetts, and raised on both coasts, following the careers of her professional parents. Having a father who was a Semiconductor Reliability Engineer, and mother a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology, Jean found herself growing up largely ignored, and in the shadow of her parents' careers and shared interests. With no support for her autism and a childhood full of moves and isolation, Jean spent many hours watching and observing people. Following in her parents technology footsteps, she completed her BS in Technology, Software Engineering and an MS in Management. However, after spending over 35 years in the Information Technology field, Jean finally realized that Software Engineering was not providing the opportunities to draw on her strengths, and focus on the things that most mattered to her. As an autistic, people have always been both a fascination and a source of frustration to her. With the hope of finding the understanding that had eluded her for so many years, Jean has turned her attentions and energies to finding those answers, and in turn to sharing them, in the hopes that those bits of insight that have finally given her solace may help to do the same for others.