 Yes, I'm looking forward to this event for fundraising for needy girls in Zimbabwe. I'm originally from there, so I know the need for funding for some of our girls. You know, we have difficulty getting funding, so I'm appreciative of everyone who is here trying to put the effort to raise funds for some of the girls in Africa. This is a lovely idea for the Davis community to be able to do this. I'm here looking at the beautiful artwork and beadwork from Africa. This is what I came for. This is what makes my heart warm and joyful. Hi, my name is Ava and I am in charge of the Silent Auction this year. So everything that we have, all the donations and baskets you buy, all the money will go towards supporting children's education in Zimbabwe. It goes directly to our students, so thank you so much for all your support. Hi, my name is Lachelle May. I'm the wife of the Chancellor of UC Davis, and I'm excited to be here at the Tea for the African Lioness. I am a guest speaker tomorrow, and I look forward to delivering a great message about empowering women. My name is Ida Chen, long time resident of Davis, and I'm just really looking forward to this event because it celebrates women and girls. And yeah, looking forward to the yummy treats. I'm Rachel Starr-Garrison. This is my fourth year coming to the Tesse Foundation annual hats off for diversity, ladies high tea. I'm forward having a good time, but mainly supporting the African students. It's an excellent cause. I'm planning to sponsor one of them myself. In 2017 and 2018, with more than double our scholarships, we raised $12,000 last year. I mean, that's incredible. We could even meet the guys. We don't meet the men. We can do it all by ourselves. We can do better than this. We continue to do the cemetery pad projects with our girls, and some boys also learn how to make reusable cemetery pads. And once they make it, they take it home, and they don't have to miss school anymore. So the video was a few years back before we even started cemetery pad. It was amazing how far we've gone, and you have to come next year to see the follow up to that video. Hi, I'm Judy Rodriguez, and I'm just looking forward to hearing more about the African culture and finding out more about what is going on with girls' education in Zimbabwe. So the video talks about what we're doing. The why is that I am second generation benefit of these functions. So I didn't experience not being able to go to school, but my parents did. And my dad grew up in the village. My mom grew up in a different village. He got married, long story short, he had two wives, and in the middle of nowhere left his two wives with eight kids and died at 38, and left them to take care of their kids. Had it not been for someone believing in my mom, I would not be here today. And so I take that very seriously, that it affects a whole generation. Hello, my name is Joy, I'm so emotional just to be in the presence of such amazing, wonderful women who are doing great things, and I'm looking forward, and I'm honored and humbled to be a part of this. I'm looking around, I'm looking at the resumes, and I'm looking at the work that these women are doing all over the world, and I'm just honored to have their light touch my life. And I'm looking forward to meeting more people to see how I can join this vision for what we can do to continue to change the world one child at a time.