my name is takai tyler again and i wanted to speak in support of melody daniel. i think that she would be an excellent addition to the mental health board both from her personal experience, her professional skills and expertise and just would be a great blend and make sure that there are, as she said, resources that are coming to serve the most vulnerable populations, one of which is -- are the residents of district 10. so, i just wanted to speak on her behalf and say that i think she would be an excellent addition. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor breed has -- >> oh, no. >> okay. >>> good afternoon. my name is sean joyce, and i also will be speaking on behalf of melody daniels. i get kind of choked up and compassionate when i speak about melody because i love her so much. she is a hard working, loyal, giving person who not only cares about her community, but people in general. and, you know, she spoke about the episode about her family member. i was there. i saw her go through that. you know, she's so strong that she, she handled it, i know it was tearing her

. >>> hi, my name is takai tyler and i'm co-executive director of the hunters point family. lena and i have worked together for about 15 years. lena has always been very much committed to working with the most vulnerable and high-risk young people in bayview hunters point. she founded the agency. our young people that we work with are suffering from community violence, have a lot of mental health challenges around posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, addictions to substance abuse. and lena has really worked over the years to always come up with innovative solutions and strategies for working with the young people and their families. so, i hope that you will very much hope that you will reappoint lena or allow her to continue in the mental health board. >> okay. so, i think that would be enough. i realize usually at this stage of an item, you would be speaking for her and later i'm going to ask for public comments. other people can support her nomination, okay? >>> okay. >> thanks. next person is ellis joseph. >>> hello, supervisors. my name is ellis joseph. i'm