 My name is Taylor Conan, I live in Newport Beach, California. I was born and raised there. And the way I found out about the institute originally, I believe it was early in 2006. I was in college at the time studying abroad in Florence and unfortunately spending too much time on the internet because I couldn't get my fill of ideas actually going to class. So I was clicking around reading different things on the internet at the time. In a blog that I was reading had apparently been following the things that I was saying and said, you know, you need to pay more attention to your principles. And I kind of thought, principles, what are those? And what is this person talking about? And they provided a link to another site. I started clicking links as I went through and I ended up at the Mises Institute website. Never heard of it before. And the first thing I read, which I can't remember what it was at the time. I said, ah, my principles, this is what it's about. And just completely changed my whole way of thinking and pretty much my life. I came to the Mises Institute for the first time in the summer of 2011. It was the weekend before Mises University that year. And unfortunately at that time, my work schedule didn't permit me to participate in Mises U. I was really interested in being a part of that. But I came just to see what was going on and see the buzz generating. And I got the impression even then with, you know, the 100 plus students that were here and arriving and, you know, all the activity that the number one goal of everybody that works here at the Institute was to cater to them, to make them comfortable, to meet every need that they had. And I saw what happens when people have that attitude because the students were just alive. They were so vibrant and excited. There was energy, you know, everywhere you went, whether it was in the classrooms or outside of them. And that to me stands in such stark contrast to my experiences in accredited universities because they're, it's really questionable most of the time, whether the professors and the staff of the university actually care about you and are concerned for your well-being. And similarly, the students, you know, you can't tell if people really want to be there or if they're being dragged, kicking and screaming against their will. And it's really kind of an antisocial community. The university doesn't really take care of the kids. The kids don't really take care of themselves nor each other. And it's just the complete opposite here. The reason that my family supports the Muses Institute is because we really believe that education is a critical institution in society in general. That's always been the focus of our charitable efforts. Our family foundation is the Conant Family Educational Foundation. And the Muses Institute is, of course, a educational group at its heart. They explicitly reject taking policy positions and trying to get into political debates and all that stuff. It's about providing people with information and letting them make up their own mind from there.