to serve asrincipal at bunkerhill elementary school which is actually my neighborhood school in ward five. shout out to my brooklyn neighbors. >> there yougo. >> and then the chancellor at the time moved me to ross in dupont circle. >> okay.es >> as at of seeing double digit gains at both schools, both bunkerhill and ross, she asked me to serve as a principal sleader so ived in the role f instructional superintendent which is a principal supervisor. >> recently your name and face came into the spotlight, the mayor tapped to you step in and run dcps after the previous chancellor resigned and kind of the turmoiled that happthere with kind of bypassing the school's lottery system and so forth. then there was an indepen nt audit that showed more than a third of the class of 2017iv re diplomas despite the fact that some were not academically qualified. so there's been a lot going on, and yet, still, you raised your hand and said, yes, i want to take this on. what is it about dcps to where you id, i can this? i want to do this. i want to step into this role right now. >> i had to say yes b