. >>> next i wanted to call up ryan cudaste. hi. >> good morning. good morning supervisors. good morning supervisor walton, ronan, and mar. it is a pleasure to be with you all this morning. my name is ryan, and i'm here before you all today seeking reappointment to seat number three on the immigrant rights commission. i'll first speak to my background, my qualifications, and then the work that i've done on the commission. and then, third, some future plans that i have for the commission, and then i'm happy to answer any and all questions that you have. i was born and raised here in the san francisco bay area to two immigrant parents who fled the revolution of iran in 1979. they came to this country fleeing the weaponization of religion, so that myself and my sister could believe in what we wanted, we can be what we wanted, and going up, i developed a great sense of respect for the immigrant story. i grew up without my grandparents, my cousins, my uncles and aunts because they're from iran, and now we have this travel ban. i haven't seen them for 13 years, and that is more tha