>> I graduated from high school in Missouri and literally a week after I graduated from high school I was in California. I drove around and looked at, I don't know, a dozen places to go to college. And when I went on campus, no matter which campus it was, I would go to the admissions office and I would say, "I need a place to live and I need a job." There were a few that would say, "Well, we might help you get a job, maybe." You know, a few that said, "Well, we could probably get you in the dorms." But nobody was really forthcoming until I went to Cal State San Bernardino. I'll never forget the conversation we had because that's what I said to her. "I need a place to live and I need a job." And she said, "We will get you a job at the library and we'll get you a room at the dorm." They changed my life. Right after I left Cal State San Bernardino, I went into banking, went into a training program, have been a banker ever since. And then doing these financial literacy seminars, out of the blue, it was the department chair of the accounting and finance department, who I was at a function at Cal State San Bernardino, happened to mention that I was doing these financial literacy presentations. Next thing I know, I'm being asked to teach a class on financial literacy at the university. And ever since then, I've been active. But it's been the most rewarding, the most rewarding time of my life. As much as you feel like you're helping, even as a banker, you know, you're helping businesses, you're helping individuals, this is so much more than that. To give back to the college that gave so much to me and seeing the students, being around the students, helping students, that's what it's really about. It's always about the students to me. Literally any of the professors, they all say the same thing. It's just about the students. That university changed my life, as I think it does for most people who've graduated. I was first in family, as most of our graduates. Cal State San Bernardino will continue to be a haven for first-time students, where students can learn and grow. I would say that those 40 years, over those 40 years, that university has constantly been there for me, to help me continue to grow, to continue to learn, and then again, just providing me an opportunity to give back. Keeping connected to the university, seeing the impact you have, it's incredibly rewarding. I really feel like my involvement, my volunteerism at Cal State San Bernardino, in part, is to honor those who did the work before me. The strength of the alumni is it builds from one year to the next, from one generation to the next. If I can show a way to give back, if I can be that example of giving back, and expressing how rewarding it is to me personally, then I hope that inspires others to do the same.