thomas, and in the current director of the environment service learning initiative -- my name is pandora thomas, and i am the current director of the environmental service learning initiative. when he came back and was talking about reconnecting to his family's connecting to the earth and winning the skills and again that he did not realize were part of his legacy but after asking those questions, seeing that this is his role that his community have been an earth steward, it was an honor to see him taking this role so other students could see that mean is not something new. it is something we are reconnecting to, and san francisco has always been a place where we are able to do that work. we are currently admission and lincoln high school because we have been impacted by what is happening with the economy, but we are excited because having young people like deanthony speak up is drawing more interest and support. thank you for recognizing our young people. we need to recognize the more when they do good things. i love you and i'm so proud of you. [applause] >> this is definitely humbling, and i