in my programming partner isaac who is doing tech support behind the scenes tonight as well as gina bingham our public service administrator for her counsel support and mentoring. today we are joined by two incredible authors and activists, jenara nerenberg and melody. gennaro is the founder of the diversity project any journalist and authors of the book but we are here for today. which is divergent mind. thriving in a world that is not designed for you. we have award-winning author award-winning author written a series of titles her latest book the room a prescription at ancient poet changed my life. you should pick up that is a good one. to resume viewers if you have questions during today's discussion, feel free to enter them in the chats. you can also put the q&a button at the bottom of your screen to ensure they do not get lost. if you are watching us on the live stream on facebook today just leave us a comment with your questions will try to get those answered as well. and without further ado, mel lee i will take it away. >> of course i am a mean muted. [laughter] thank you so much fo