i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian.thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you.

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian.thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> i am so glad to be here and joining everyone here today. she has not gotten used to a real mustache. anyway, i am so glad to be here enjoying all of you on this very important day. i do not know if you knew it, this is important because all of us up here and in particular, carmen and congresswomen spirit -- we are so much in charge with their huge decisions that affect everybody's lives. i have to say that a large part of my work as the mayor is trying to fill this $306 million gap. as you can imagine, we are short in the city by $306 million, and we have had some months to work at it, and then trying to work at it with every supervisor and every financial person in the city and community-based agencies, and it is a very tough job, but we will get through it and try to balance the budget as well, but for all of you, what i wanted to say thi

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> thank you all for being here. this first session, we wanted to have a chance in a slightly more informal setting, despite the cameras and microphones, to have a conversation with some of our leaders about what your experiences are as students. what are we doing well to help you get a college, and what can a day like today and leaders who are assembled here due to make that experience better for our students? i appreciate you all being here to share those stories. why don't we do a quick round of introductions, and i would like each of you to give us a moment about your name, what school you are from, and a little background about either if you are in college, how you got here, or if you are getting ready to go to college, how you made that decision and how we can help. >> i am kimberly. >> in chancellor here at city college. >> [inaudible]