Future Apple scientist Toby Farrand grew up in Palo Alto.
"…the left ventricle of Silicon Valley. My mom worked for a laser manufacturer, and I had summer jobs there growing up, so I had a natural affinity for tech baked in from an early age. I remember we would NEVER eat outside the kitchen, but in 1969, when NASA landed Apollo 11 on the moon, Mom allowed us to eat in the living room so we could watch Armstrong on the TV. That signaled to me that tech was special."