patricia scott, ms. pat scott, come on up. she's also here today. currently she is the executive director of the booker t. washington community center. she's been the executive director for over 7 years, but she's also been on the board. she's been extremely active in changing young people's lives. i've been so fortunate to be able to not just work with her, but learn from her. and the reason why i want to honor her today is because pat scott has been on the forefront of transitional aid youth housing. she has raised $33 million to build transitional age view housing at the booker t. washington community site in the district. [cheering and applauding] >> in addition to keeping this particular [speaker not understood], she is just $900,000 away from success. when we talk about changing people's lives, we need to make sure that we're talking about jobs, we're talking about housing, we're talking about real tangible opportunities. and this is the first time we've had someone take the leadership in the community to make this happen for our young people.