my name is lourdes alarcon. generally speaking, i had the help of getting subsidized child care, but i also have to be part of the waiting list. and yeah, i don't want to -- first of all, i want to thank the people representing us today, and i want to acknowledge that because you know how child care -- how important it is for a mother to have, so you don't want to choose between not especially a job and not being -- cannot pay child -- not accepting a job and not being able to afford child care services. i want to thank supervisor ronen for opening the horace mann shelter. but also, i'm advocating for the waiting list. this is a struggle, we have a lot of many issues. we're not against each other, but i think children cannot wait. they are, like, growing every minute, and they need the investment because that's investment in our future. so we're advocating for child care because that's part of our future but that's also supporting women that need the services in order to make -- develop a better family and have