nira is a new resident. shelf taught children's writer. that travel to new york and other locations. she identifies as gender nonconforming. her work is centered around showing readers the superpower of being yourself. my mom was a children's librarian. i am happy to introduce a children's writer. >> thank you. before i start my speech i want to put into context that my story is one of many in this building. it is called you are enough along the way. i left my career in hometown in 2020 to find my art here in san francisco. yes, i am one of those artists. september 2020 was the peak of the pandemic. i didn't know where my art was. my journey was rocky. i experienced street homelessness, shelter pace and fro. if you don't know what is sro is you are going to learn something today. at every step along the way what i have learned is to remain rooted in gratitude. what do you have to be grateful for when you stay in a shelter? what you are me it was the beach. when we weren't meeting with housing reps my partner and i would play at the beach a

words, calling it the dunk of the year there to say, of course, our own ucsf orthopedic surgeon doctor nira pandya join in on the action saying andrew wiggins first pick of the 2014 nba draft pool was asked where the system cranks to him. stop there. >> it started. i just wish that. yeah, the reaction we says it is super expressive person and he's ready to come out to come up with. next time see him doing on the is amazing. and we know that he has it in him now. we're just so close to kind of see him exposed. so we've got to find a way to a one a little bit more that wasn't present lives. >> and so it is a game that >> those incredible. and i wish i had those warnings. >> i wish i had those been east to buy funnies. he means hops. let's head out to the td garden celtics looking to even up the series with the heat 1st quarter. derrick white throws it up for jason tatum down. it goes. he had a game-high. 31 points capping off an 18 to one run on to the 4th quarter. interesting celtics fan al horford nice, caleb martin for for got it salutes the crowd for for with 4 blocks on the night. celtic