It’s time.  Time for big changes. I’ve been known for making some big changes in my life.  One of the first was when I moved across the continent from my lifelong home in southeastern Pennsylvania to Oakland, California to get my master’s degree.  I was the first in my family to get a master’s degree and the second of five children to move out of state.  It was all a very big deal for me. I was never one of those people who felt destined for an Ivy League school or a master’s degree or a doctorate.  I was so not into status or prestige.  I was simply me, trying…