 I just feel so fortunate that she saw this as something positive and not something that needed to be suppressed. My first grade teacher, who I'm still in touch with, Ms. Channel, she has told me before that she saw, along with my second grade teacher, Ms. LaBowman, that I needed to be protected. She saw my brilliance. She saw my leadership skills and that that was something that they needed to make sure was not mishandled. So I feel like these are people that so early on in my development,