[Applause] 23rd of September 2023, my father received an email from my school. It said my family and I were invited to the school awards dinner. He looked at the email, then at me. He was a tad bit confused and maybe even a little bit concerned. We thought the email wasn't meant for me. So, naturally, he asked me to check in with the school, and I did. I sent the most awkward email ever. Hi, just curious. Was this email actually meant for me? It'd be great if you could check and let me know as soon as possi ...

[Applause] Let me paint you a picture. It's 2011. I'm in high school at a Friday night football game.I along with my two best friends are wearing our sweatshirts that display the words cookie girls on the back. I didn't understand a single rule about football, but for social acceptance, I knew I needed to be there. A lot of my upbringing felt this way, pretending to care about things I didn't in order to assimilate.It was my way of preventing any potential rejection that might come my way, especially the ki ...

[Music] [Music] [Applause] What if I told you that every limitation you have ever felt in your life is just a construct of your mind. that you're just limited in your mind based upon social limitations, historical limitations and your personal biases. That in reality there are no limitations.There was a time that people were not allowed to vote based upon their color, based upon their color and their gender. That changed not because law changed. Law was made because somebody decided they have to push beyond ...