- Lee's class was, I guess, out of this world really.

We definitely connected with women who were in the center, but then also outside of the center.

Learning different experiences and like Victoria said, "Certain vulnerabilities," because it is a philosophy class.

It is you know, kinda get the juices flowing and you know, I couldn't count the amount of times that I cried in that class.

You know so (giggles).

It was huge for me 'cause I don't normally do that and to become so vulnerable with other people is huge.

The brave course that I took with learning coding.

It's like this, it's a whole other language so, in order to even engage in that, it's like you really need to kinda dig in and listen to what the instructors have to say.

And then working closely with other people and being able to work collaboratively.

It's been huge for me because I never, I guess I never really had those goals before being incarcerated.

So now it's almost like the opportunities are endless and feeling like I deserve it, and that the opportunity is there.

- Having people here who, are often so guarded, and pretend that they don't have feelings or that things don't bother them, or are elite and think it's funny, being able to cry in a room together is, it's revolutionary.

It brings you back to yourself in a way that you may not have been able to achieve on your own or with simple facilitating programming.

I also think that having these remote synchronous classrooms transcends the wall, a lot of people resign themselves to thinking, I've been incarcerated, I'm a felon or I've been in prison and that's all I'll ever be and sometimes it can have a criminogenic effect on your mind, it can feel very much like negatively cyclical, and being able to have this as an equalizer where you can just be human with other people from prestigious universities and to be able to have those moments of connection and sharing it's all inspiring, it really is.

I know that it's definitely changed me and it's opened me in a way that I wouldn't have dreamed of.