Without exceptional teachers and mentors, I would not be here. They inspired me and helped me overcome adversity.

Without exceptional mentors, I would not be an effective faculty member. So, thank you to my postdoc mentors. You all helped me transition from student to faculty in only six years!

I want to honor to the exceptional Rabbis who have enriched my journey into Judaism. Being decent, caring, capable, and willing to express our humanity is difficult, especially in turbulent times. You have given me new lenses through which I can better understand people and live my life fully.

To you two, I repeat the pledge of Ruth,

Do not urge me to leave you, to turn back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God

Special thank you to my Family. They believed in me even in the most difficult of times.