Joanne grew up in England - on Plymbridge Road, in a town called Plympton, which is near the city of Plymouth. Even as a child, she enjoyed all the Plyms in her address.After Joanne was done with her PhD, she upped sticks and moved to New York to be with Brad, who teaches at NYU. Not long after they got married, and not too much longer after that, their son Benny arrived on the scene.