I think a lot about connection, lineage, and roots. This is a small way of acknowledging people and organizations that have influenced my aesthetics, ethics, and values. It is incomplete. I honor: Alison Fleminger, Arts for Art and the Vision Festival, Baba Israel, Bob Leonard, Center for Artistic Activism, Double Edge Theatre, George Emilio Sanchez, Hemispheric Institute for Performance & Politics, InnerCity Projects, Institute for Community Action at Gibney Dance, Jo Wood-Brown, Kathy Engel, Mariana Sofía Lima, Matt Pasca, Miriam Parker, The Performance Project at University Settlement, Nancy Agabian, Streaks of Lavender (Brittani Banks, iemi, María José, Rachel Kara Pérez, al valentín, Jack York), Salomé Egas, Terri Muuss, Ting Li, Vaimoana Niumeitolu, and Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks.