 I didn't have a typical path to where I am now as far as doing research. I'm the daughter of an immigrant and a dreamer, and by coming to America what he offered me was a completely new life, and I had an education that I might not have had access to if I had been born somewhere else. I'm a first generation college student from a low income background, and I think that that has shaped a lot of the ways that I develop and the ways that I view students and teaching. I think that one of the things I've been able to see by going to various faculty events are even though individuals may not be part of the initial cluster hire, they still have an interest in health equity and doing work and communities that typically are underserved or hard to reach. Often there are minorities that are overlooked, and we sometimes feel that we have to face an uphill battle. We're intentional about seeking out not just any people of color, but the best of the best because we are out there, then it shows us that you will support us on our journey. Through this cluster hire, I'm hoping that we can have a massive change in health equity because now we have a lot of voices at the table. I hope that the cluster hire will be an opportunity to be disruptive at the institutional level, to make changes to incorporate perspectives that have often been neglected and break down barriers. I want to get down out into the community and do the good work and fight the good fight, and that's exactly what I see with the people working at Purdue. As a land grant institution, Purdue values what I value in my research, which is translating science to the populations that we're intending to serve. Purdue, I know, has a good reputation, so they attract many brilliant, awesome students from the United States and international, so I was very happy that I will have the opportunity to work with those awesome students. My next giant leap is collaboration. My next giant leap will be to gather some quantitative data showing that we've made some changes in women's lives regarding endometriosis research. So hopefully we've made some consumer health resources and we're changing lives. My next giant leap is to do the research that would lead to the interventions that's geared towards preventing risk behaviors in adolescence. I think Purdue is our place for me right now for a lot of reasons. I walk around this campus some days and I'm just smiling. I'm happy to be here.