and programming partner, isaac who is also doing tech support, behind the scenes today as well as gina binam, public service administrator for her constant support and mentoring. today we are joined by two incredible authors and activists. genara is founder to have neurodiversity project and a journalist producer and speaker and the author of the books that we are here for today which is divergent minds. if you can see it, my camera is a little blurry. thriving in a world that wasn't designed for you, our special iguest host today is melady, melady is an active, attorney, professor and award-winning author. melady has written a series of titles, how an ancient poet changed my life. you should pick up. that's a good one. if you have questions during today's discussion, feel free to enter them into the chat and you can put them in the q&a button at the bottom of the screen to ensure they don't get lost in the fold. if you're watching us on the live stream on facebook today, just leave us a comment with your questions and we will try to get those answered as well. and without further due, melad