 My name is Gazelle Samizai and I'm a multimedia artist. Honestly, it's been a real honor and privilege. Like several times when I've been here, I was like, oh my gosh, I'm the luckiest person in the world. I just get to come and like learn and research and also because my own art practice is very research-based. One thing that is in common in all the projects that I've done is the idea of telling stories and I very much have been kind of on this quest to put the pieces of my history together because we immigrated to the US when I was a baby. Getting this residence right now, I think has been an affirmation of being an artist here in San Francisco since I am barely new. It's been really nice to have that support.