Hello (insert waving hand emoji)! For the past 22 years as a professor of communication, relationships, and family, I’ve been passionate about how we make sure higher education is not only accessible for all students, but is a place where every student will thrive both personally and academically. I’m a first-generation college student, so it was cool to get to bring my own experiences to this project (... as I often say, research is me-search)! My career-long research agenda has been on family dynamics and their impact on community and healthy relationships. I’ve been doing community-based learning for 25 years and have partnered with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School-Twin Cities on more than a dozen occasions since they opened their doors in 2007. I was thrilled to be one of the faculty leaders on this incredible opportunity to guide brilliant youth as they became researchers for the first time and experienced how research can make positive change! Without question, I’ve learned more from them than they have from me.