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EK: So what would you say are kind of the biggest personal impacts that you've had as a result of working with ORA?

JC: Personally, it made me, personally, a better person and realizing... it really just widened my eyes to what could happen if you're not careful. So, again, to be paced and measured, I wish I could say it helped me not work long hours, but I think that's just innate in me, and I always try to, I'm finding that work-life balance. But again, to give people a chance, like you're not always physically or just visibly, you may not see someone, because someone's coming at you, they look different. And because they look different doesn't mean they are different. I think it just gave me that awareness that everyone deserves a chance, and that you should not base people on the color of their skin or what they do or where they come from. And it just broadened my mind because I had not been exposed to that, really. I mean, I live in Washington, D.C. I live in the political capital, and it really does, from a policy perspective, I come into any job or any interaction, personal interaction, I give everyone that I meet, I know that everyone's not the same and I actually rejoice in that, because diversity is what makes our culture. I don't know, when I think about redress and my life then, it actually is a calming experience, because I feel like we've really changed a community of people that mistrusted us, and that's pretty powerful.

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