Gleit was born to an
Asian-American mother and a
Jewish father and was raised in
New York City. She described her mother as a "
tiger mom" who ferried her to ballet, piano, karate and Chinese lessons. Her father was an immigration lawyer by profession who took her to
Hebrew school growing up."I have permission to say what is true for me: I am not half, I am whole. I identify with my mom
and my dad, and instead of being half of each, I am fully both."Gleit majored in Science, Technology, and Society at
Stanford University, where she wrote her senior thesis on Facebook, and how it beat out rival social networking service Club Nexus at Stanford University (the creator of Club Nexus would later go on to create
Orkut). == Career ==