First time filmmaker Tessa Carmen DeRoy is Arlene’s niece and is currently the President of the California College Guidance Initiative. Her work has focused on expanding economic and educational opportunity, preventing the spread of HIV among young women and transforming systems to work in service of children, youth and families. She’s produced raves, testified in Congress, shaped education code in California and organized women on welfare to advocate for bank accounts that met their specific needs. Tess is compelled to tell her aunt’s story because she believes that we can all contribute to the change we want to see in the world.