i'm sylvia sherman. i'm the executive director with the community music center. we wa we pride ourselves on being a partner with the school district and the visual and performing arts department so that every kid who wants to study music has a chance to do that with the tuition assistance and scholarships necessary to make equitiable access possible. we have found in vapa partners with the administration who nominate kids and provide pathways for them to receive, just from cmc, over $2 million in tuition assistance, but also access to a number of the city's organizations who provide opportunities for kids. additionally, in the past three years, we've been a proud partner of vapa in the mariachi program. you heard martha talk about that issue, and this was something that vapa started in the school district, realizing that some of the kids were not receiving the benefits that are awarded by so participating in the arts. that a mariachi had a chance as a culturally responsible program to allow children and families that might not otherwise participate. so we've seen