i'm michelle porsche, and i'm the director of psychology and behavioral sciences at ucsf. and again, i'll go through the same questions and try and add a little bit to what dr. dorado has presented. when i think about healing from a psychological perspective, you know, i think about not that the hurt and loss and trauma are not forgotten or gone away, but we're better able to live our lives and find meaning in our experiences. we really need to think about systems when we're thinking about healing. healing requires that our schools, our health centers, our government institutions are caring for individuals who have been hurt and require healing. my particular research has been focused on aces, adverse childhood experiences that include community violence, community violence abuse, separation, and loss, so when i see a need for healing in the community and myself, i think about how those experiences impact mental health and how they impact educational outcomes for our children. in my arch, i found people with these high levels of adverse childhood experiences are at higher