Whenever I think of what my future could look like, I always remember how my parents had imagined theirs. Arriving to the States in 1999 with just two suitcases in their hands, my parents were unsure of what their life would look like. But already imagined a future for me that was filled with vigorous education and a life full of companionship. I started learning the violin at age five and to my parents’ delight, I simply adored playing for family members, teachers, and school performances. The applause and praise that I could play twinkle, twinkle, little star made me feel incredibly proud of myself. But I also felt like I could tell a whole new story in a completely different language with my music. But can you tell that just months prior to this performance, I had just escaped from a predatory violin teacher who had been grooming me for two years? This was when I was eight years old. At this point, I have a younger four-year-old sister who always copied whatever I did, and I have been exploring what the world of music was like. Yet, curiously, I would have never known that at age eight, I would also be a part of the Me Too movement that would go viral on the internet a decade later. I recognized I was not alone in my own traumatic experiences. It was simply astonishing to see how many familiar voices echoed similar stories to mine that prompted reexaminations in our social culture. This story continues to be difficult for me to share with others and currently with the world. But I do so now because I hope to imagine a future where tragic beginnings to stories such as mine do not repeat and that I may encourage other survivors to also begin to heal. No matter what my future holds for me, I will always be a creative and music nerd at heart. I realize that while I will always be a force to be reckoned with on stage, now I want to use my real voice to take action to advocate for others. In my immediate future, I want to be an attorney who not only supports those who have suffered and have been wronged, I want to become a vehicle for people to manifest their truth and challenge their silence, defending our values of speech and expression. I want to create and innovate for the future so that these events do not happen. We must examine our past to support our future. My generation has the potential to spearhead this change. We already are. Whether it’s a new product or service that caters to the existing problems we see and solve them. Early in this digital age, advocacy can be driven by social media, elevating the unheard stories of marginalized populations. It is vital that we continue to listen carefully across waves of misinformation and untruth and to live vicariously through these stories in order to learn how we can remedy wrongs and continue rights. As communicators for good, I know you all know this. When I arrived at the Human Rights Watch, I was lucky to take a glimpse, to take a backstage view so to speak, of one of the many movements that continues today. The Human Rights Watch is known for being a powerful presence in the public sector, directing valuable attention and internet traffic to some of the most atrocious alleged abuses committed by the world’s governing bodies. In the U.S. program, HRW was at the front lines of managing the Tulsa Massacre Centennial, where the 100th anniversary of racist riots on Black Wall Street was just the beginning of the campaign, Reparations Now. We also had our eye on Juneteenth being established at a federal holiday and HR40, a bill that would start an examination into slavery in the United States and propose reparations. Even with all our efforts, we were a bit dismayed that the passing of Juneteenth as a federal holiday was chosen over HR40 facing a full House vote. Yet, there is imminent potential for the campaign we have generated in the information and discourse that has been exchanged. This is what the future needs to look like. I haven’t worked out all the details yet, but there must be ways for us to continue advocacy to make sure salient issues remain heard, and HRS are not perpetrated against us in our lives again. I imagine there must be new tools to help us, where we can efficiently hold on to the attention of those who have the power to make changes. Whether that lies in innovative technology or mobilizing different audiences, the way we approach messaging must adapt to how the digital age rapidly develops. Even if others cannot see us working to generate change, they will hear us. I’d like to keep playing. It brings me joy and peace despite what I went through at eight. Music has and will always be my lifelong companion. It has taught me one alone cannot do the job of an orchestra, nor can we accomplish some of the biggest changes alone. I want to be a part of this future change. Thank you.