Facebook首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格的華裔妻子普莉希拉·陳曾經當過教師和醫生，現在的她已經成了一名慈善家。她與扎克伯格共同發起的“陳-扎克伯格倡議”在慈善界擁有不小的影響力。在本周二的“《財富》最有影響力女性峰會”上，她與Facebook首席運營官雪莉·桑德伯格共同登臺，談到了她和扎克伯格是如何將他們財富和知識運用到慈善教育上的。

“首先是很多人會打電話給你，想走走‘夫人路線’。” 普莉希拉·陳開玩笑地對桑德伯格說：“我倆（指她和扎克伯格）是互補的，我倆經常相互質疑，以更深刻地思考我們面臨的問題。我們會以各種辦法向對方施加壓力，這樣做有的時候會讓人不舒服，但還是很有樂趣的。”

大約一年前，扎克伯格夫婦向社會發出了“陳-扎克伯格倡議”，宣誓要在未來三年里，捐贈出價值10億美元的Facebook股權用于慈善事業。此項倡議的目標是“提高人類潛能，促進醫療、教育、科研和能源等領域的平等”。他們籌建的第一批項目包括一所位于加州東帕羅奧圖市的學校，學校的選址距離Facebook的灣區總部不遠。這所學校的特色是集教育與醫療于一體。

普莉希拉·陳表示：“這項工作極為重要，而且對我個人也有很重要的意義。”普莉希拉·陳的父母都是中國移民，她也是家中的第一個大學畢業生。“我父母都相信教育的力量。”

自從成年以后，普莉希拉·陳就一直在呼吁向兒童提供醫療服務，她本人也是一名科班出身的兒科醫生，所以她創辦的這所學校也同時融合了她的兩大目標。

早年就讀于哈佛大學時，她曾參與過一個兒童項目的運營。有一次，項目里的一個孩子接連好幾天沒來上課，于是普莉希拉·陳決定親自去家訪，結果發現這個孩子摔壞了兩顆門牙。“正是那一刻，我意識到我要將公共服務變成我的生活的重心。也正是那一刻，我決定要去讀醫學院，為改善兒童生活盡一份力。”

在訪談中，她也回答了一些輕松的問題。比如她的小女兒學會的第一個單詞是什么？答案是“狗”。馬克·扎克伯格平時會做什么飯？兩塊小豬排（從來不會只做一塊）。她對年輕女性有何建議？“你的能力超過你最瘋狂的想象。不管你想做什么，現在就去做吧。”（財富中文網）

譯者：樸成奎

Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wife) has been a teacher, a doctor, and now a philanthropist. She took the stage with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday to talk about how she and Zuckerberg are putting their money and expertise into education.

“It starts with lots of phone calls to you, his other partner,” Chan said jokingly to Sandberg. “We [Chan and Zuckerberg] are complimentary and we challenge each other to think more deeply about the questions we’re faced with. We push each other in different ways, it can be uncomfortable at times but it’s a lot of fun.”

The couple launched the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative nearly a year ago, pledging up to $1 billion (in Facebook shares) over the next three years. The goal of the initiative is to “advance human potential and promote equality in areas such as health, education, scientific research and energy. One of their first projects is a new school in East Palo Alto, Calif., not far from Facebook’s Bay Area headquarters. The school aims to blend a curriculum with on-site healthcare.

“This work is incredibly important and personal to me,” said Chan, the daughter of Chinese immigrants and the first to graduate college in her family. “My parents believed in the power of education.”

Throughout her adult life, Chan has also been guided by a calling to provide healthcare for children and is a pediatrician by training, so the school merges both causes for her.

While she was a student at Harvard University, she helped run a program for kids. One of the children didn’t show up for a few days and so she went to look for her and discovered that her two front teeth were broken. “It was that moment I realized I was going to make public service central to my life,” said Chan. “At that moment I decided to go to medical school to help advocate for the lives of children.”

Chan also touched on lighter topics. Her infant daughter’s first word? Dog. What does Mark [Zuckerberg] cook? Two racks of baby back ribs (never one). And what is her advice to young women? “You are capable beyond your wildest imagination. Whatever you want to do, do it now.”