. >> good afternoon, it's kathie mer reer ra autumn, i am a new voice for the community, this is my first step into something like this, that i work out on treasure island which is not really as [inaudible] as people think. we have a -- it has a child development center which i've been a director for from the last five years, it's a high quality preschool site now. we totally embrace diversity, we bring in people from the women's incarceration program, we do a lot of inclusion work, we have a lot of children who are homeless, i add voi kate for the community, i believe in social justice, i believe at risk children being treated like everybody else. i grew up in a large irish native american family when i was the only one to graduate from college on a scholarship after living homeless in a ten through my years of high school, quality education comes from people who believe in you, i believe i have to give back and i mentored people from the academy and i mentor my teachers to the point that one of them was an award of excellence champion award winner last year as well. i believe quality ed

. >> good afternoon, it's kathie mer reer ra autumn, i am a new voice for the community, this is my first step into something like this, that i work out on treasure island which is not really as [inaudible] as people think. we have a -- it has a child development center which