 Hi, I'm Isidore Angel. I am my writer and translator from Bulgarian. As you can imagine, the Bulgarian is pretty underrepresented in English translation and one of the many things that being a member of ALTA has helped me with is to find a community and to help me feel like the work that I do is being seen and that it does matter. The ALTA conference every year is a big adventure. It's a great time. It's something that we all look forward to seeing each other but also to take part in really great panels and really great sessions. I've taken part in pitch sessions. I've also taken part in readings so I could share work that was forthcoming with a larger audience. And outside of the conference, I think that the work that ALTA is doing towards issues that I think are really important like diversity and minority linguistic representation as well as pay transparency as well as bringing visibility to causes like women in translation I think is something I'm really excited to see how ALTA is able to create some forward movement with. So of course all this important vital work wouldn't be possible without the support of people like you without ALTA members and donors. So this holiday season we ask that you consider making a small donation at the link provided. So thank you very much.