[cheering and applauding] >> it is my honor to provide a commendation for the work of mary lavalay. she is a student advisor at san francisco community school where she has spent many, many years bringing up young people, especially youth of color, black kids at the school. that's where my wife actually teaches. i have two kids who go to school there as well. so, mary has had to work with my kids which is above and beyond the call of duty. what's really special about mary is that all of the work that she's done over the years is really about how to make sure that you are providing the space for young people to really learn about their worth, their value, and what they can provide for themselves and for their community. and i've been very inspired by mary's work over the years. i've known her for i think about 12 years. [speaker not understood] advocates when i was there. also with the san francisco organizing project and you are a part of the work that is done in the excelsior district about bringing forth the small school policy and the school for equity which is a great model scho