please join me in welcoming professor hilary binda and our distinguished speaker cyntoia brown-long. [applause] i want to start by thanking you again it is such an honor to be here with you in such honor to have you here and some first and have the first of many. hillary: i also want to thank you for your beautiful book and sharing your journey with us and educating us on his use of criminal justice system. in your particular journey and on face. i think for people who have a name yet read her book, i want to start by acknowledging have recently your free. august right. 318 in the morning. so i'm wondering if you want to share with us a kind of first all of the first night you get to experience like that first meal. or something. cyntoia: everything is pretty much at first. my first meal actually is a can of ravioli. hillary: how was that. cyntoia: at 318 in the morning, great. hillary: said before we start talking about your story i wanted to ask you if you can reflect on what it's been like telling your story. i can only imagine going over some of the really difficult details can b