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I'm Jeremy Carrizales, one of the hosts here for TAAN TV, and with me is Dr. Lawrence Scott.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:12  \r\nHey, Jeremy, how you doing?\r\n \r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:13\r\nI’m doing good–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:14\r\nThank you– \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:14\r\n–how you doing?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:14\r\n–Thank you for having me. \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:15  \r\nThank you. Yeah, no problem. So I'm always, you know, happy to see a good face here in the studio– \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:19\r\nThank you.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:20\r\n–so let's get right into it.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:21\r\nYes sir.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales   0:21  \r\nSo I want to know, where were you born? \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:23\r\nYeah. So I was born right here on the East Side. Right there on J Street.  Over there on Pecan Valley and Rigsby. I went to P.F. Stewart, you know, P.F. Stewart. Tried to get into Davis Middle School–right down the street here–and they wouldn't let me in because I wasn't in the attendance zone. So end up going to Martin Luther King Middle School, which- got to know a lot of people and played football there and really–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:45  \r\nWh- What position?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:47  \r\nFullback \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  0:48\r\nOkay\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  0:49\r\nFullback. Yeah, I played fullback. Yeah, fullback for pretty much all my career– all my life, rather. But–not that I’m playing fullback now–\r\n\r\n\r\n[laughter]\r\n\r\n\r\nbut– but I mean, I'm right here from San Antonio, man, and been here pretty much all my life. I went to high school in North Carolina, with my mom, in Charlotte. So- so I didn't get to go to high school here. I was supposed to go to Sam Houston–all my family went to Sam Houston and Highlands, but I didn't go. But nonetheless, I- I actually–and I know we'll talk about this later–I actually got a chance to come back and work as a counselor in Sam Houston. I was a guidance counselor, and then I was a vice principal at Davis–assistant principal of Davis Middle School. So I got to give back and I got to- got to hang out and give back and try to contribute, you know, from where I came from–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  1:32\r\nRight, right\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  1:33\r\n–so that was awesome.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  1:33  \r\nAnd it– it's good that we're having, you know, somebody local here at school, somebody who knows- knows the environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  1:38\r\n[laughs] Yes sir, yes sir.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  1:39\r\n So that's good, that's good. \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  1:39\r\nYes sir.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  1:40\r\nSo you went to high school in North Carolina? \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  1:43\r\nYes sir. \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  1:43\r\nAnd where did you go to school after that?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  1:45  \r\nRight, so I went to St. Mary's University, and my hope was to be an attorney. So I went four years, I got involved in student government, I worked at the- the law school. And then, you know, my fifth year, I had a couple of epiphanies, you know. I had some, what they call them, like, the metal noise. I went to Africa, man, which is crazy when I went to Africa, and we went to go build some church, or, like, a church– \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  2:12\r\nOh wow.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  2:12\r\n–and then help with some schools and things like that. And I had a class, and I remember- I remember they spoke in French, you know, it's Côte d'Ivoire. I spoke in English, and we communicated in broken Spanish. \r\n\r\n\r\n[laughter]\r\n\r\n\r\nNow everybody that knows me, knows that my Spanish is muy terible [translation: very terrible]. So it was, like, really broken Spanish. Well, we were tryin’- we were able to get the objectives done, and I was really excited about that because it illustrated to me, like, no language barrier can stop you from- from educating others. And- and- and then, you know, there's abstractions like love and passion, and a mission that transmutes language barriers. And- and that point on, man, had that situation. Then I end up doing a semester in London. I was going to school in London, and- and I went to- you know, I went all over- all over Europe, but I went to Rome, okay. I got robbed in Rome. I know, it's crazy. I got–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  3:06\r\nThat sounds like a movie title right there–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  3:07\r\n[laughs] Listen, I- I can’t–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  3:07\r\nRobbed in Rome\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  3:07  \r\n–I can't make this stuff up. I’m telling you.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  3:10\r\n[laughs] Oh man\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  3:10\r\nI have so many stories, but I'mma just keep this- keep it- keep it concise. But I got robbed in Rome, I had no money. I spent three days on the streets of Rome man, like just- almost like begging for food, sleeping, like, at the train stations, sleeping on my bag in weird places. And so- and I remember trying to get help and ask people to help me and no one wanted to pay attention to me. They were just like, you know, I don't speak the language. So, you know, they didn’t really want to pay attention to me. And so since that time, I knew that, you know- well let me fast forward to how I got out. So two girls from my St. Mary's program found me and enough money to get back to London. That's five countries away, Jeremy, five countries away. That's a miracle, man, that's a miracle. So having said that, man, I was able to see that miracles happen when you are up and close–and no indictment to lawyers, I have a lot of lawyer friends–but when you're up and close with the development of people or you're up and close with helping people with linguistic acquisition, you know. As an educator, I was able to help, you know, a lot of my ESL–English as a Second Language–students. I was able to, you know, to serve the community, even- regardless of the language or regardless of- of–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  4:21\r\nIt’s like- it’s like–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  4:21\r\n–the situation.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  4:22  \r\n–you speak life, you know, language– \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  4:23  \r\nYou speak life, man. Language transmutes, love transmutes– \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  4:25\r\n–Exactly.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  4:25\r\n–bro, love transmutes, music transmutes. I mean, like Michael Jackson, people know all the lyrics. Don't- they don't know English, but they know all the lyrics to the song, you know. So- I digress a little bit. But I guess what I was trying to say is, I went an extra year to get- to get my teacher certification and all the things I need to be a teacher because I knew at that moment when I got back from all the traveling, that being an educator, I can make a greater impact–for my life. Again, you know, no indictment to my lawyer friends and whatever, but for my life, I knew that God has called me to be an educator and to work the- you know, the educational system to benefit communities, and then, generations to come, you know. I just say real quickly, you know–and I actually got this from my pastor, pastor Keith Graham–“success is based on succession.” So like, your kids’, kids’, kids’, grandkids, need to feel the impact that you make today. Now, just to give an example, I grew up–you know, like I said–on the east side. And, you know, my father–he won’t mind me saying–but you know, I grew up and there was drugs being sold out of the home. So, you know- and I had to make a decision. I had to make a decision, “is that the type of life that I want to lead?” And now he's doing well, everything's great, he's Christian, he's playing at a church and all that, but at the time, when I was, you know, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. You know, 12, drinking 40s, you know what I mean, and just really not focused on life. And then helping others to develop a better life for themselves. I knew something was greater. I knew, like, “Man, I have to do something with my life. I know I’m better.” You know, I know- I can talk, I'm a great talker. I knew I could sell drugs, you know, and I knew I could, you know, play a little ball, but- but I knew that there was something greater, and there was a greater tug and until I tapped into what I was supposed to be, you know, I was going all over the place and my life was unfulfilled.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  6:10  \r\nThat's a great testament. And I think that's one part of what we're trying to do here for 300 voices. We're trying to- we're trying to get people to tell their story. And hearing your story and it- that's incredible. To- Your journey. Now, I want to ask you, so why do you think it's important for you, for others to be able to share their stories?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  6:29  \r\nAbsolutely. Again, success is measured- measured in succession. So I believe, you know, you can make lots of money. I know- I know people with lots of money, but they're so unhappy. See, money is a magnifier. So if you make millions of dollars, but you're a drug addict, you're still going to be a drug addict, you’re just going to take better drugs and more drugs, alright, and hang around better drug addicts, you know what I mean, high class drug addicts, you know, but money's a magnifier. So I knew that making a lot of money was not the aim. It happened. It's happening. But it's not my aim. I think the aim is definitely how, you know- if you're a giver, and you make millions of dollars, you're just gonna give more money. Look at Harvey Najim, you know- the Najim foundation, you know what I mean? So I think that when people tell their story, you- you enable people to know that it’s possible. So give you an example. My 11th grade year, I was kind of in and out, I had- I had some friends got murdered, and man I just- I had a- just a weird, teenage kind of situation. You know, just try- just getting involved in the bad stuff, man. I remember I'm in the back of a police car, looking at my mom crying and, you know, it just- I don't know, like, that was the turning point for me. And then I had my basketball coach, Mr. Bego, he would take me home every day. And because my mom worked two jobs, and I would have to catch the bus, took me two hours to get home. So- and that's how I would study, I would study on the bus–\r\n \r\nJeremy Carrizales  7:48\r\nSame here. Been th- I’ve been there, done that.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  7:50\r\n[laughs] –study on the bus, man, two hours to get home. So- so he would take me home, but in that he would just talk to me. And what he didn't realize, you know, you have Albert Bandura’s social learning theory–social cognitive theory–but one of the things he illustrated to me is, man, I can be successful. I can be, you know, I can be married, he was married, he had kids. He wrote books, he traveled and spoke, you know, different conferences and everything. He was well dressed, well spoken. Very astute in what he did. He was inspiring. And I knew that one day that I can be that. Now- now that I see that, I know I can be that. And I know that sounds trite, you hear that all the time, but people do need to see that it’s possible. Fast forward 15 years later, I became a teacher, just like him, I became a coach, just like him, I'm bald, just like him.\r\n\r\n\r\n[laughter]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou know, I have two kids, just like he does. I've gotten married. I've been married for, going on 14 years. Thank God–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  8:44\r\nCongrats.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  8:45\r\n–yeah, to a wonderful woman. And then- and then I actually named my son Christian after his son. Yeah, like I owe it to him to say, you know–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  8:53\r\nKind of a thank you.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  8:54\r\n–kind of a thank you. You know, and I have a favorite uncle too, my uncle Leon. He was the same: bald, professional. He was the first to kind of give me that idea of what it's like to be, you know, middle-middle upper-middle class. And he's bald, goatee, son is named Christian, so I saw this common theme, you know?\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  9:09\r\nGot a trend, you know.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  9:10\r\nGot a trend and that- you know, I need to follow these guys. And so I did, and that's why we need to tell our story. Because you never know, the one thing- like you can't have a testimony without a test, right? People, like, are either about to go into something, they’re currently in something, or they're just coming out, man. Like you never know what people are going through. And sometimes it's that one word, it’s that one look, it’s that one hug, it’s that one handshake, that high five. It’s something that says, “Hey, I'm with you. You're not– you're not alone. We're gonna do this together.” All it takes is just one person. You know- like the young lady that passed away in Charlottesville–and I pray and hope that that this one person- this one death becomes a catalyst for a major, paradigmatic shift in our nation. And so, that's- that's why we need to tell our stories, because it’s just- it just takes one, one story to spark the world. I don't like to quote Tupac often, even though we were born on the same day– \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  10:06\r\n[laughs]\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  10:07\r\nAnd my son, actually- my son was born- we're all born on the same day–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  10:09\r\nOh wow!\r\n \r\nLawrence Scott  10:10\r\n–My son was born, yeah, 30 years later. Yeah, it's crazy, June 16th. But, Tupac says, “I might not be the person that changes the world, but I will spark the mind that does.” Now, he changed the world. And he's sparking many minds, including myself, that are, you know, trying to be world changers. There's another person, Dr. René Rochester. She says, “You can count the number of seeds in one apple, but you can never count the number of apples in one seed.” And that's what I'm saying, man, you gotta, like, plant seeds. You got to, you know, give back, you got to– and giving back doesn't mean, you know, $200,000- you got to give away $200,000. Not for- it doesn't- It's not the same for everybody. Giving back can be, “Man I got these dilapidated computers, but they're fast, they’re running, and students can use this to, you know–because this local school doesn't have any computers–so students can use this to at least go on Cool Math or some other programs. So, again, tell your story because you never know the impact that you're going to have.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  11:10  \r\nAnd the impact that you've had is that- you know, incredible, including for your involvement in the Community for Life Foundation. \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  11:17\r\nYes, sir.\r\n \r\nJeremy Carrizales  11:18\r\nYeah, if you could give us a little bit of an insight?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  11:20  \r\nOh man, absolutely. I'm glad- I’m glad you asked.\r\n\r\n\r\n[laughter] \r\n\r\n\r\nYeah, we just actually- just gave away $45,000 in scholarships two days ago. We average about 30 to about 40, maybe 50–we gave $50,000 one year in scholarships. Okay, half a million dollars already, and the goal is to make sure that every student has equitable opportunity for educational success. Now, you heard how I grew up, okay. Now, I'm a professor. Like, it's crazy even saying that I'm a- I'm a full time professor at Texas A\u0026M San Antonio, teaching grad school, teaching principal and superintendency prep courses. It's insane. This kid from the east side of San Antonio, you know what I mean? \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  12:00\r\n[laughs] Right, right.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  12:01\r\nThis kid from the east side of San Antonio gets to go to St. Mary's and travel all around the world–you know, London, you know, anywhere: France, Germany, Spain, Africa–you know, and then turn around and get to- I was an educator for 17 years at San Antonio ISD, I was a guidance counselor, I was a vice principal, worked downtown and wrote curriculum. So to get to do all that it takes education. Education is the complete mechanism of equalization. There's no- there's no equivocation. If you have an education, and you have- all we can do is give opportunities. If you have educational opportunities that you give those- and for people like me, I was hungry, like literally, like literally hungry, like, you know? I knew that, you know, this is my way- this is my way out of my dark situation, right? What was going on in my home. And then, this is my way to give back more. So once I get there, then I can give back more, I can be a conduit to give back more, and it's– it's amazing. So what we're doing, Community for Life Foundation. We started in 2001. Our chair, Keith and Denetrice Graham. 501(c)(3). And basically, we give- we have a four prong approach. So we give scholarships, and we give about 30 to 40 to 50,000 a year. We do community service, so we participate in a [inaudible], we have an O’ Give Thanks initiative, we feed 300 families in San Antonio District 10 area. And then we have career/college readiness courses. So every quarter we invite, you know, different partnerships to come and help students get ready for college because college, you know–a lot of people don't understand this–it's- it's easy once you get started, but they don't know how to get started, you know. And so we- we have an initiative where we do quarterly, current-college readiness sessions, and then tutoring, tutoring and mentoring. We actually tutor students, and then some that may have gone astray or flunked out or whatever, we provide- we provide them mentors, because we know that, you know, that that can be damaging to your self esteem and getting back acclimated- reacclimated. So- and then we give out, like, gift packages, like we send them quarterly gift packages and- and things like that. [to the camera] One of the few scholarship funds that still give out gift packages. I'm saying, old school. [to the interviewer] But–\r\n\r\n\r\n[laughter]\r\n\r\n\r\nYou know, with a little message and, you know- you know, “hang in there” and stuff like that. But- but we just believe, man, in all facets. We want holistic development out of all students, and give them every opportunity to succeed. So we have 176 recipients. Actually, some have gone into the NBA. We have one NFL coach. In fact we have some- if you go to our website www.cflfoundation.org–I don't know when this gonna air–but we have- Kobe Bryant sent us some stuff, Kawhi Leonard sent us some stuff– \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales 14:42\r\nWow, okay.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  14:43\r\n–Yeah, one of our benefactors is, you know- Kawhi Leonard sent us some stuff,  I'll say that. And then- and then Chris Paul sent us some stuff and some other people. But to- to auction off and, again, 176 recipients: teachers, lawyers, doctors, professors, you know, accountants. You name it, you know, we've given it out. And all over the nation from Harvard, all the way here locally, you know. And so- so we’re really excited about that. Seventeen- sixteen years, sixteen years we've been doing it.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  15:13  \r\nSixteen years, gotcha. And so, how do you think that, you know, telling- telling a large audience, like we're about to, you know, how can- how do you kind of reach those people, and how do you get people involved to be in the community and help, you know, at-risk students? And how do you get people involved like that, do you think?\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  15:29  \r\nAwesome. Okay, so there's a saying. Les Brown, one of my favorite speakers, he says, “You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” Alright, so the thing is, you just get started, you know, zero to ten is a process, zero to three and nine to ten are the hardest parts of the process. Starting and finishing. So just get started. What does that look like? Just go to your school, we’re al- and when I was an administrator, we're always looking for people to come in. We had the Omegas come in and help us with the hallways, we had the Deltas come in–you know, fraternities, sororities. We've had, you know, just people who are retired principals come and help us out. Lord knows, I was a new administrator, I needed all the help I can get. And we had about three. I needed that much help, I was that bad. No, I’m playing.\r\n\r\n\r\n[laughs]\r\n\r\n\r\nI need three, three retired principals to help me out. But nonetheless, man, any little bit h- any little bit, any little bit. $25 to donate to the library, or just going in and donating your time–you know, one hour every two weeks to just help students read–or- or tutor them in math in the intervention after school, or just as simple as taking some of your- like, we would have behavioral- students with behavioral challenges. Just taking some of them and mentoring them, take them to go play basketball. I used to have, you know, I'd have people from the community, I'd bring in business people and all that to come and just say, “Hey, man, look, this student is ISS [In-school suspension] right now- they, you know, lunch detention or whatever. But hey, just- just take them outside and play basketball with them. And what–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:01\r\nTalk to them.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:02\r\n–yeah, just talk to them. And what that did, is what Mr. Bego did for me: they're able to see, “there's something better than- than the microcosm of what I'm seeing today.” There's something better that I can achieve through this businessman or whatever, this lawyer, this, you know, this- this politician or whatever the case–civil servant. So that's- that's- you know, any little bit. Any little bit, an- Jeremy, any little bit, any little bit counts, man. You know, attending a game of a student. Any little bit counts.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:30  \r\nWell, I'm learning a lot of life lessons. One of them is, I need to go shave my head right now. Indeed to go shave–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:36\r\n[laughs] Get the goatee.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:36\r\n–I gotta get the goatee.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:37  \r\nI know, but- I'm still in my 30s, but I got the gray, I got the gray. I’ve lived, like, three lives.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:41  \r\nOh that’s okay. [to the camera] So everybody–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:43\r\nBenjamin button thing, Benjamin Button.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:44\r\n–go shave your head– \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:45\r\nYeah. [laughs]\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:45\r\n–you know, and that's where it starts.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:47\r\nI think so, I think so.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  17:47\r\nAnd that’s where it starts.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  17:48  \r\nYeah, I will say this if I may, Jeremy. Really, where it does start, you know–all facetiousness aside–where it does start: find someone you want to be like. Locate a mentor, locate an archetype of someone you want to be like, and you do everything in your power to follow them. So for me, I was homeless at a time–I didn’t talk about that–I was homeless at a time, and I got to live with my pastor, Pastor Keith Graham. For a year, I looked at everything he did, and I followed him, and I followed him. Now, you know, I didn't follow him completely- you know, he's a pastor now. And, and you know, the pastor life is 24/7. It is, because it’s not what people think. Yeah, it’s, you know- God didn’t call me to be a pastor, but- but I followed him, I did everything, you know, that- that- that- you know, that I thought that I could do, that God has called me to do. After seeing how he treats his wife, how he treats his kids, how he handles the rest, all those things. You know, my teacher- you know, Mr. Bego, my mother was a very influential person in my life just believing in me, man, just when- when I was, I mean, times I've almost- man, just- I don't want to go into specifics, but there's times where I thought she was gonna give up. You know, like I said, when I was in a police car, stuff like that, you know, when I was, you know, some other things I've gotten involved in. Some I don't want to mention on camera, but [laughs] you know, and I thought she was gonna give up, she never gave up on me, man. Never gave up on me, so–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  19:14  \r\nSo don't give up on those people that, you know, that need the help, because that's what we're trying to achieve here. You know- you know m- Dr. Scott here had a great mentor, and we're a mentor for somebody, and that- that is incredible. So I want to finish off–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  19:29\r\nSure, sure.\r\n \r\nJeremy Carrizales  19:29\r\n–with the last question. \r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  19:30\r\nYes sir.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  19:32\r\nWhat do you like most about San Antonio? And then we’ll close it out from there.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  19:34  \r\n[laughs] Man, what do I like most about San Antonio? I like San Antonio because it’s so- it's such a big city with a small town feel. I mean, we're all like two degrees–not even 6 degrees–we’re 2 degrees away from each other. Like, because I’ve met you, because we’ve met, we- you know, if I went on Facebook we’re- we’ll have like 30 friends in common. \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  19:50\r\nExactly.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  19:51\r\nYou know. And you know, of course, Miss Thompson knows, like, everybody. But- but most importantly, it's- it's a- it’s a- it’s a big town with a small town feel, and it's upwardly mobile, it's doing great things. San Antonio, we're doing great things. We're- we're- we’re, you know, expanding and w- we're a place where we attract- we’re attracting, you know, companies, you know, they want to ex- also expand and- and- and then the humility. I mean, the humility of people. I mean, something as simple as you can put your right blinker on, and people will let you go. You can't do that in a lot of cities, major cities, at that. And then just the humility of, like i- you know, i- it trickles down from the mayors, our mayors are humble, you know, our city council, our commissioners. And then you can see it in the Spurs, the humility of our teams, you know. And so, it's just, this is who we are. We're not gonna go in and tell you, “Look at me, look at me, look what we're doing.” We're gonna show you through service, leadership, you know, humility, and that's what I love about this city. That's pretty much, you know, by and large, you know, the whole city. It's- it’s- it’s a- it's a demeanor of the whole city.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  20:59  \r\nI love living in this city.\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  21:00\r\nAbsolutely.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  21:01\r\nI- I- I- I'm sure you love living in this city–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  21:02\r\nAbsolutely, absolutely, absolutely. \r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  21:02\r\n–as well, too. So, Dr. Scott–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  21:04\r\n Jeremy. Thank you–\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  21:04\r\n–I want to thank you again for coming–\r\n\r\n\r\nLawrence Scott  21:06\r\n–thank you. Appreciate it.\r\n\r\n\r\nJeremy Carrizales  21:06\r\n–today, alright? This has been again, another episode of 300 Voices in 300 Days. I'm Jeremy Carrizales, signing off.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://saaacam.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2808/collection_resources/127821/file/239684#t=0.0,1277.22667"}]}]}]}