right now we're so happy to welcome a new northwest arthur, will claim here as long as we can, rachel pearson [applause] >> thank you so much tonya can you hear me? thanks so much for coming out. were excited to share the book with you and hear your questions if you have any. this is a book that i wrote primarily based on experiences i had a medical school. is working in texas where i cared for folks and marginalized communities. a free clinic some border clinics and county hospitals in central texas. this was eye-opening and life-changing. i'm excited to share with you tonight. one thing to know is that it deals with a really heavy things. so at the same time it has stories about our family, stories about our friends. i'm gonna start off with a section that i think is funny. this is based in west texas in a time townwide to my family medicine rotation. a little town called for davis. in the story i was riding into town with the dr. who takes care patients in that town. we pulled in a little strip of the town with 1000 inhabitants. the mcdonald observatory. the clinic is on one end of the tow