 If I can change one mindset that can open the door for thousands of individuals, I'm doing my job. I'm the Policy and Technology Director of Alotro Lado where I'm making people understand that when one group loses their rights, it affects all of our rights. Unless people think that their involvement is going to make a difference, they won't get involved. Civic engagement, it's something that they need to learn about and to be open to doing. I think that schools provide a unique opportunity to try out new ways of creating value of solving problems of building relationships. New America connects people who are interested in solving big problems in creative ways. New America is helping me make connections to people who can help me move my project forward. I'm very lucky to have some really renowned people in my field who are also part of New America. New America has been helpful by giving me contacts and connections. Clearly, there are lots of people who are concerned about civic engagement. It's great to have a partner like New America so we can motivate and push each other to be successful. We don't need to keep trying to solve the same problems from the same homogeneous mindset, but we know there's tons of other problems that need to be solved from a diverse group of people. If we believe there's really a place for everyone, then we need to have services, we need to have programming, we need to have adults and mentors who are helping to really build that place. We cannot stop what's happening right now unless we are effective and collaborative. It's all about people, and everyone's different. When I think about New America, I think about the evolving of people towards hope.