Last fall, I was extraordinarily blessed to receive an award from the Anti-Violence Project. Especially touching was spending the evening with my family, some of whom traveled hundreds of miles to attend.

Thank you (left to right) Sally Rosen, fellow Oxnardian Ryan Raffaelli, Angela Ferrante, Dr. Andre Bideau, Dr. Sharron Thrasher, Ericka Mays, Belinda Johnson, and un-pictured Jason Pattan.

It meant the world to me to share that evening with you.