你好。我是拉吉夫·索尼。我毕业于2016年12月。我曾在安迪·德罗恩(Andy DeRoin)领导的GLBT中心实习，那是一次很棒的经历。它不仅仅是一个露面和工作的地方。这不仅仅是一个倡导组织。我觉得是那个地方真正塑造了我。这真的让我明白，从身边的人、来自不同地方的人、校园里的管理人员以及与我截然不同的人那里获得支持的重要性。我想当我第一次来这里的时候，我不明白毕业后是什么感觉。我认为GLBT中心为我做的最大的一件事是增强了我的信心，但也让我为之后的世界做好了准备。 With their help, I've been able to get into graduate school. I still come back regularly for more talks, more presentations. There's always a lot more to learn. And there's a lot of warmth and support that I feel here. There's a couple questions, and actually one of the things I really liked, a big project I worked on when I was here was I went through and I tried to do some of the archives myself. And so I know the importance of shaping a narrative, and I really did enjoy just getting to sit down and talk with people. The ability to just connect through time and through space is something that I liked a whole lot, and I think that's part of the reason I'm here today. A specific memory about the center. I think the thing I just-- is really funny is for my birthday, and I wasn't expecting it. They decorated the whole office, and they got me a huge cake, and I was so happy. Everyone's birthday, they made a big deal, and it's really a community there. It really made me feel like family, and it was just what I needed. Thank you.