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How the ‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ Celebrates Mother’s Day at 85

From Palo Alto classrooms to family dinners, Wojcicki’s approach to independence and practicality still shapes those around her.

Esther Wojcicki lives less than 10 minutes away from both of her daughters and her many grandchildren in Palo Alto, Calif. On Mother’s Day, that proximity turns into, in her own words, “chaos.” “Kids are running around with presents. Nobody is organized. They’re all really excited. They want to know where the cake is,” she told Observer ahead of the holiday. “I celebrate my daughters as mothers, of course, and they celebrate me as mother. All the kids celebrate me as the grandmother, otherwise known as Nana.”

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