 Mount Holyoke sends really passionate people into the world, individuals who are really motivated to push beyond boundaries and to really affect change. This mission of reliance and empowerment to be a tenacious person to not have fear to raise your voice. All the students at Mount Holyoke coming from such different backgrounds from all over the world, all over the country, it brings us all together and really unites us in this excitement to learn about each other. There's a whole range of diverse experiences and ideas and different viewpoints that really enrich the discussion in the classroom in ways that elevate students' learning. That sense of community, even after you've graduated and when you're an alum, that's what makes Mount Holyoke so special to me, just the people. Students are instrumental in helping us build communities simply by making it possible to do all the things we do here. When you're graduating, it's so hardening to have this entire community of people who are ready to support you. Meeting with alums, whether you're on campus or somewhere else, you see their eyes light up as soon as you say Mount Holyoke and they go, you went too. They have so much to offer, what stays with them is the spirit of Mount Holyoke, the commitment to helping the world become a much better place. That's the thing that makes all of us proud. Something that really inspires me is the investment that the alums have made to our community in all the different ways that alums have provided support to really make Mount Holyoke thrive for the current students. It is because of your generosity that students like me who come from different backgrounds are able to get this education and take this with us in order to bring positive change in our respective communities. We have an amazing array of curricular activities and programs that we offer here at Mount Holyoke. We can only do that with a generous financial support from all of you. What I hear most often from students is that Mount Holyoke enabled them to be their best selves. They often say, I had these ideas about who I wanted to be, but I didn't know I could really be the person that I have become as a result of my education at Mount Holyoke and as a result of the women I've met on that journey.