tamara kaufman, and nobel peace prize winner and founder of the cental -- center for civil liberties in ukraine in our dear friend who which we are very grateful. thank you for your tireless work on the global seizure as trailblazers. as we like to say, and as the great billie jean king once said, you have to see it to be at. so thank you for serving as role models to so many in your pursuit of justice, equality and of democratic values. special thanks to ndi for hosting us, especially to her team in a big thank you as always to the w -- to the team. it's my pleasure to introduce our moderator who will introduce our panelists. alexis is the director of audio development and head of social media at the hill. she got her start writing about sports in india before heading to london where she was mostly in charge of booking ukrainian hotels for correspondents during the 2014 invasion as an intern at the times in london. after political reporting in india at network 18, she moved to esquire magazine in dubai. she started at the hill after getting a second masters at the university of dela