nicholas gregoratos. ok, we will call him later. mary campbell? >> good afternoon. i am mary campbell. i have served two years on the reentry council and i would be honored to serve another two years. and my qualifications are, yes, i was in prison. but also, the importance of my being on the council is i have a lot of experience, unfortunately, and domestic violence and women's issues. and mothers being incarcerated issues. that is important, because of women in prison, most of the offenses are related to trauma, domestic violence. i would say as high as 80%, but i did not know it if that is the exact statistics. it is support for women to have a voice to war victims of domestic violence, and i would be honored to serve and. supervisor kim: thank you, ms. campbell. next, we have kimberly courtney. and then that we have kevin joseph. -- and then we have kevin joseph. >> hi, my name is kimberly courtney. i qualify, doing some county time in at san francisco, san mateo, not multiple terms, but upon my release from custody, but i immediately put myself into a rehabilit

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 community, the government resources that are allotted to go to prison, and insti