Portrait gallery and a member of the National Press Club Speakers Committee. Able lopez associate producing director of the hispanic theater. Jerry, the rock Washington Bureau chief of the Washington News past president of the National Press club and chairman of the press Club Speakers Committee. Skipping over the speaker for a moment, nick of the u. S. Capitol Visitor Center and the National Press Club Speakers Committee who organize todays event. Thank you, nick. Vapian of the Dance Institute of washington, freelance reporter and blogger who covers the arts. [applause] i also want to welcome the cspan and public radio audiences and remind you that you can follow the action on glitter. Use the hash tag npclive. Thats npclive. Jane chu was born the daughter of chinese immigrants in shawnee oklahoma and was raised in arkansas. She studied music growing up. She received a bachelors degree in piano performance and Music Education from the baptist university. She received her masters degre