Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

I think what has given me a real, we all want the world to be a better place. There's something that happened with me as I was developing as a human that maybe helped me to be a little bit more attuned than many other people might be on difference and power and what it means to have all your tools in your toolbox and what it might be like for people who are just as smart, just as capable, but might not have the same set of tools.

Good teaching, it's a two way street. You learn a lot. When you talk about impact and having presence in your work, and then you see someone that all they can do is put presence in their work, but they don't have the skill, you appreciate the effort to put the presence in the work.

Silence can be deafening. Silence speaks volumes. So if they're avoiding talking about disability, for example, because they're worried, do I say non apparent or invisible or hidden? What do I do? So they say nothing.