and i also did want to voice my support for jesse navaro and paul monge because they represent some of the gaps we have currently on our commission. thank you very much. >> chairwoman: thank you. next we'll hear from sharaask mar. hi, good morning. >> good morning, honorable supervisors, fellow applicants, and very importantly, victor young, who has been very helpful explaining the processes. thank you, victor. i'm seeing him for the first time. i'm here to briefly share who i am, why i am here, and how i am here. having been to one of the commission meetings, what i find that i'm a slightly different kind of applicant, who has bee had a slightly different path to immigration. i came to u.s. to get my master's degree from texas university in 2003. it took me 15 years to become a u.s. citizen. now i'm a proud u.s. citizen for one year and 15 days. although i cannot represent myself as having some huge problems in this 15 years -- i was never subject to any deportation or some serious, huge problems. however, there are some dreams and some, you know, processes which get broken if you're