my cofounding partner, alyssa parker, and i both lost daughters in the tragedy at sandy hook school. they are very much a driving force in everything we do, especially at safe and sound schools. they loved school. they left their friends and teachers, the wonderful community it was and is today. important to us to honor the positivity and help others move forward following the tragedy. we realized it was not just us. we were trying to figure out how can we send our surviving kids back to school. we realized it was across the nation that people were fearful about sending their kids back to school, teachers going back to work. host: sorry for the loss of your daughter, josephine. can you talk about surviving ,hat loss and when you decided ok, i need to start this group, and how you came about that? guest: very incrementally, i guess i would say. i firstling, that pang, noticed in the parking lot the day of the tragedy. i did not yet comprehend what had happened. i did not know yet that i have lost a child that day. i was still waiting for her to come out of the building with her classm

my cofounding partner, alyssa parker, and i both lost daughters in the tragedy at sandy hook school.y are very much a driving force in everything we do, especially at safe and sound schools. they loved school. they left their friends and teachers, the wonderful community it was and is today. important to us to honor the positivity and help others move forward following the tragedy. we realized it was not just us. we were trying to figure out how can we send our surviving kids back to school. we realized it was across the nation that people were fearful about sending their kids back to school, teachers going back to work. host: sorry for the loss of your daughter, josephine. can you talk about surviving ,hat loss and when you decided ok, i need to start this group, and how you came about that? guest: very incrementally, i guess i would say. i firstling, that pang, noticed in the parking lot the day of the tragedy. i did not yet comprehend what had happened. i did not know yet that i have lost a child that day. i was still waiting for her to come out of the building with her classmates