Powerful...
Nicole Shanahan: "I had a pastor tell me last week, she said, you know, God doesn't waste our pain. And you know, I think that there is certainly something to be said for the journey I've been on that has forced me in many ways to be bold and brave and to fight for what is right." 

"You know, my daughter, she's everything to me. And I will say there has been great challenge and risk and, you know, it's non-financial expense that I've paid to do this work and that I continue to pay to do this work." 

"It hasn't been an easy environment to be in to be here in Silicon Valley to, you know, hasn't quite seen how all of these things impact a child. And I will say that, you know, there is some plan. I do believe that there is a divine plan."

"And I also think that there's something that happens when people in a group are brave enough to talk about their experiences and their lived experiences."