and also with us is keira zhang, winner in the art category for k through fifth grade. welcome to the show. audrey yamamoto: thank you for having us. robert: good to see you again, keira. audrey, give me an idea here, we re talking about looking back, and you know, again, i had the pleasure of being at the very first growing up asian in america event. tell us in terms of, like, where it was and where it is now. audrey: yeah, sure. so, it actually started back in 1995, so that was shortly after there started to be an asian pacific american heritage month, so we feel like it s one of the longest-standing celebrations of ap heritage month. and since that time, we ve received nearly 25,000 different entries from k through 12 students from across the bay area, and awarded more than half a million dollars to the top 1,000 winners across those years. so, we re really excited and proud to have had such a broad reach and impact all across the bay area. it s really been a wonderful way