 I want to welcome you all to Kaiser Permanente's health care career scholarship program for 2017 in our award ceremony. This year we have 166 very diverse students using scholarships of over half a million dollars. More than three quarters of our Kaiser scholars this year are from diverse backgrounds and more than half are bilingual. It's important that our patients in our community see themselves reflected in the people that are providing the care services to them. So your stories and your backgrounds and your differences matter. Your experiences as a sibling or as a proud outstudent or a refugee or a survivor as an ally or as a dreamer is forming your values, is forming your integrity and decision-making and compassion. Do not resist your curiosity or your passion. They will take you great places. And I have to say with all honesty I am completely inspired and in awe of all of you. Every year when I read your college scholarship applications they move me and frankly every year it reignites my own passion to make a difference in the world. I would like to thank the Kaiser Permanente Staff and Committee for believing in all of us. For Kaiser Permanente Northwest President Andrew McCulloch who supports and advocates for students as well as our community. For all of you, the future leaders have changed. Thank you for your existence. I think it's really important that we remember the role that really excellent teachers and counselors play in the development of students in our community. I knew I wanted to pursue higher education and I knew that there were many ambitious goals I hoped to achieve but I just did not know where to start. And if I had not met Mrs. Osborn I would not have been able to stand in any position in endurance where I am today. Don't let your identity hinder you from pursuing your dreams. Instead embrace your diverse background and allow it to mold you to successful healthcare professionals you are meant to be. I hope to become a neurosurgeon and I will become a physical therapist. I plan on becoming a general practice physician. An ultrasound technician. A physician assistant. A bilingual nurse. Finally I want to say congratulations to you for what you've achieved already but more importantly for what you are going to achieve in your career time. All of you will finish your education. You will have jobs. I hope they will become careers and that in the process you'll discover your calling and that you will be inspired to help change the world. So again congratulations. Thank you for your tremendous work.