mr. kane. thank you for being here and applying. next we have ivet mike ngo, and then i will call nicholas gregoratos. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for this opportunity. i am humbled the considered for this council. i qualifications are i have been a prisoner more than 20 years. i have been recently released. while in prison, i had to go through a process with the parole hearings. they make sure that i am ready for parole. so i had to get a vocation, degree, place to stay. i have been involved in reentry programs, youth deterrent programs, substance abuse programs, alternative to violence programs. i am very familiar and intimate with the struggles that come with reentry. i am also in northwest committed a response network outreach worker. at the core of why i want to be on this council is because i want to break the cycle. i want to break the cycle of a person going to prison, getting out, and coming back to prison, because i understand the misery and the damage that comes with this process, the damage not only to the individual but to the commu

supervisor kim: thank you, mr. ngo. were you involved and advocating for ethnic studies? >> yes, i was. supervisor kim: thank you so much. >> you are welcome. supervisor kim: i am going to call nicholas gregiooratos. we gave everyone a couple of minutes to speak about this position and why it would like to serve. >> yes, think. sorry, i had eight appointment that was previously scheduled. most of what i have to say is in the paperwork, but i have been out of jail for a long time. i have been cleaned, off drugs, over 24 years. after i left, i stopped doing drugs, went to college, became a schoolteacher, and eventually became a lawyer and get a job with the sheriff's department. i have been listening to the people, and you have a lot of good people to choose from. part of me feels, and i think i said this before, it has been so long since i have been in custody that maybe i did not even qualify, but at the same time i have done so much since i have been out of custody that think i have a lot of experience to give. i have spent a lot of time helping people get out of jail. a