"'Freedom', to me, means the ability to self-realize and self-actualize. It’s self-determination. It means you have what you need to thrive. And perhaps the greatest act of freedom is helping someone else have what they need to thrive. 

"I learned early in life that everyone has a story. Everyone has heartbreak and tragedy. Everyone has this arc in their lifetime, and the arc has ups and downs. Times of humility and times of prosperity and abundance. Achievement and failure. And learning that at a young age sparked why I was curious about people and why I ultimately wanted to have a career that had writing of some sort, and why I chose to pursue communications and marketing. 

"And so, you know, being able to work in a place where we have so many stories and present so many stories about these people who would otherwise be lost to history... they would be nameless, faceless people that we don't know—and that we're able to pay tribute to them and their struggles and their achievements and their sacrifices—is really important to me. 

"It’s my hope is that people can connect, and resonate, and empathize with some of the choices people made when they maybe didn't have good options to choose from. And, [knowing] they made the choice that they could make in that moment, or at that time, or [overcoming], you know, some really desperate circumstances for the chance of something better. "