first i like to invatd carmen chu on to the stage. [applause] >> carmen served as assessor.n the board of supervisors in district 4. the first asian-american woman to serve as city add administrator in san francisco. give it up for carmen. [applause]. >> good afternoon i'm carmen chu san francisco city add administrator and welcome you to the san francisco city hall. i want to say it is lovely to see friends i have known for years and so meant awardise recognized last year this . is my favorite events that is able to recognize the contributions and to uplift the stories of ourim grant communities. gi recognize folks who joined people i thank david chu. dave you'd? gi want to recognize i see dean preston at the end there. >> joaquin torres or assessor joined us. [applause] and of course, many of our commissioners and department heads who are here on city librarian who was here. our department of technology who is here. [applause] and many others. this event is so important for us to continue to uplift the stories and the contributions of the immigrant communities. i think man

i'm carmen chu and i'm so proud to be a coemcee here with sean.his board was just a made up, i was just appointed to the board of supervisor sxz i remember coming back to my first meet anding not only that but coming to this ceremony. and i just want to tell you what a joy it is to see all the fruition of your work come to be in your community. my daughter is five years old, she and i, and her dad go to parks all the time, and we know how important those parks are for many of our san franciscans, residents people are living sometimes sros or apartments and they're living room is those parks. so i want to thank you for making those parks as they are and thank you for making our rec center, just green and safe and it does not happen without all of your great help. i'm proud to be here on this 16th annual anniversary of this ceremony and with that i want to introduce the speakers that are introducing the first awards. i want to introduce the labor representatives who are our essential partners this this annual awards. since introducing this award in

i'm carmen chu and i'm so proud to be a coemcee here with sean.his board was just a made up, i was just appointed to the board of supervisor sxz i remember coming back to my first meet anding not only that but coming to this ceremony. and i just want to tell you what a joy it is to see all the fruition of your work come to be in your community. my daughter is five years old, she and i, and her dad go to parks all the time, and we know how important those parks are for many of our san franciscans, residents people are living sometimes sros or apartments and they're living room is those parks. so i want to thank you for making those parks as they are and thank you for making our rec center, just green and safe and it does not happen without all of your great help. i'm proud to be here on this 16th annual anniversary of this ceremony and with that i want to introduce the speakers that are introducing the first awards. i want to introduce the labor representatives who are our essential partners this this annual awards. since introducing this award in

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all o

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisortive aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisorn i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of th

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city so, people will talk to you you. and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before