2 Women Moved to Write Stories Uncover a Surprisingly Personal One
By COREY KILGANNON
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Katy Olson, left, and Lizzie Valverde, who were
adopted by different families more than 30 years ago, in the Columbia
classroom where they met.
Through a series of coincidences, two sisters adopted by different
families more than 30 years ago find each other in a Columbia University
classroom.
"The
two sisters grew up very differently. Ms. Valverde enjoyed a
comfortable life in Bergen County in northern New Jersey, where her
father was a television news editor. Ms. Olson, who has mild cerebral
palsy, spent much of her childhood coping with physical challenges,
including several medical procedures.
But
from an early age, both were relentlessly curious, driven and
passionate about writing, though they both also dropped out of high
school and did not follow the conventional college-to-career path.
Ms.
Valverde did stints at two colleges and worked as a bartender and as a
personal assistant for a hip-hop artist. Ms. Olson grew up to become an
actor and standup comic who performs regularly at clubs around New York
City. Like Ms. Valverde, she came to New York as a young woman."
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