for the importance of bringing higher education to prison and we are grateful that she joins us tonightra in a conversation with our guests. please join me in welcoming professor hilary and our distinguished speakerr cyntoia brown-long. [laughter] >> cyntoia, i want to start by thanking you again. it's an honor to be here with you in such an honor to have you at tufts. it's the first visit i hope it's the first of many. i also want to thank you for your beautiful book, for sharing your journey with us and for educating us on issues of criminal justice system in your particular journey and on your faith and on faith. so, i think for people who haven't maybe yet read cyntoia's book i want to start by acknowledging how recently you are free. august, right? 3:18 in the morning. >> i'm wondering if you want to share us the first that is all the first that you had to experience like a first meal or -- something. >> well, everything is pretty much a first nowadays. my first meal i talk about in the book was a can of ravioli. >> how was that? >> at 3:18 the morning it was great. [laughter] >> goo