Dr. Linda Brody received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education and Learning Disabilities from Johns Hopkins. She co-founded the Center for Talented Youth's Diagnostic and Counseling Center and directs CTY's Study of Exceptional Talent. In her interview, she describes joining CTY in the mid-1970s, working with Julian Stanley on the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, and the evolution of CTY into a national program. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.