mr. shortino, italian immigrant, valued the arts and education and was a jazz musician.s funding, you know, writing his own checks up until he passed. this is my understanding, i'm receiving the lore from the board members and staff. and had a group of people supporting him in that role. elaine curren is the first and outgoing executive director, and she really established a lot of systems and put into place a lot of support for now over 70 grantees in santa clara county. so, i think when i think about our community, our mexicano-chicano, latinx community depending on what label you want to use, and i think about our immigrant work ethic and i think about the immigrant work ethic of mr. shortino, for me personally, i had a connection to that because of my parents and everything that they taught me. and then that connection of you know that my dad was a musician, he was a trumpet player, and so there was that other piece too where i'm like, "wow." you know, that again this mix, that's very personal to me as well, being a child of immigrants. also growing up with the arts