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A Coffee with Mandy Quon, Dean of Students Office at the University of Alberta · Coffee In The Park with Jennifer and Cam

• 0:13
  Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the ABA Coffee In The Park.
• 0:17
  My name is Cam Milliken, and I am here with my co-host extraordinaire, Jennifer Herrick, the Executive Director of the Acheson Business Association.
• 0:26
  Hello, Jennifer.
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  Hello, Cam.
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  How was your May long weekend?
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  It was awesome.
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  I was out at the farm.
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  I bought flowers.
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  I planted flowers.
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  I did all that kind of stuff.
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  Can I just say that it was a little chilly, though. Yesterday was so cold! I wore shorts on Saturday.
• 0:40
  And the hair on my legs was like standing straight up.
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  It was like frozen.
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  It was like unbelievable.
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  I think my tomato plants froze a little bit.
• 0:47
  Do you think?
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  But you know what my problem is?
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  I'm the gardener that does not listen.
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  I don't plant on the May long weekend.
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  I do it before.
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  It's my own fault.
• 0:54
  Well, I got my marigolds.
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  Oh good! Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  No.
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  Yeah.
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  I got I got I got orange and yellow marigolds and we planted them and I put them out.
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  And last night I was laying in bed going, are they going to live?
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  No, they will.
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  They'll live?
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  Yeah. They are hearty.
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  Okay, that's all I need to know.
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  I feel good now.
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  But yeah, that was it.
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  So yeah, yeah, it was a good long weekend.
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  You know, it's like your typical May long weekend.
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  One May long weekend.
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  I would like to be like 30 degrees.
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  Right?
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  Has it ever been?
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  Never in the history of mankind.
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  It has never been 30 degrees on a May long.
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  Now somebody's going to email and go, I remember back in 1947, it was like 34.
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  And I'm not going to feel dumb, but I'm just saying.
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  Recently it has not.
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  No, it has.
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  No.
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  So what else?
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  Anything new you need to tell us or talk about or?
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  Well, we had a fabulous Women in Leadership event last week.
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  You did.
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  We did.
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  Yeah.
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  It was great.
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  It was sold out.
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  The energy in the room, the panelists were wonderful.
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  Were they?
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  It was such a great event.
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  I wouldn't know because I wasn't allowed to be there.
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  But anyway, yeah, that's great.
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  Yeah.
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  Good.
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  Awesome.
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  I'm glad.
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  Me too.
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  And it's exciting.
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  And I know you had a great group of women.
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  So we did.
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  It's fantastic.
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  So tell us a few things that we need to know.
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  Well, first, I think you need to tell our listeners where we're coming from.
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  This is what happens when you come off a long weekend.
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  Yes, we are coming to you live from the Wall Coffee Roasters in the heart of beautiful downtown Acheson.
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  That's right.
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  So if you hear a little bit of noise in the background, some coffee-whirring machines, some children screaming.
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  No, not really any children in here today.
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  Well there are children but they're older.
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  I don't think they'll scream.
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  People talking, it's because we're live at the coffee shop.
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  We are.
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  And if you haven't been to the coffee shop, like we always say, you need to come to the Wall Coffee Roasters.
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  You're trying a new tea today.
• 2:37
  African Nectar.
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  It's delicious.
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  African Nectar.
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  Yes.
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  Wow.
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  I never had that.
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  Highly recommend.
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  Okay, highly recommend the African Nectar, but really the coffee.
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  The coffee is what we recommend.
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  Anyhow, tell us about some very important people.
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  We would like to thank our gold corporate sponsors, which include the Myshak Group of Companies, Genics, Parkland County, and Bow Valley Credit Union.
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  That's right.
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  Without them, we would not be able to do what we do.
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  So thank you very much for supporting us.
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  We are coming up.
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  What's the date today?
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  The date today is May the 20th.
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  Did you know that?
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  No.
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  Do you know what we're coming up to?
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  I sure do.
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  I'm so excited.
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  We're coming up.
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  I can't believe it.
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  To our one year podcast anniversary.
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  Do you believe it's almost been a year?
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  That's like 52 episodes, maybe more, 53.
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  Probably more.
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  From like zero listeners.
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  Zero.
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  To now 8,000 listeners worldwide.
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  I know.
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  The other day, we got a listener in New York City.
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  Incredible.
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  New York and Vietnam and...
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  It's everywhere.
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  And Edmonton and everywhere.
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  It's unbelievable.
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  So wow.
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  I'm excited about that.
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  So hey, that's great.
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  That's coming up.
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  We'll talk more about that at another time.
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  But today, I'm so excited about our guest.
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  Oh, Cam, this guest today, we got to know this individual and she is fabulous.
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  We know her mom and her dad.
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  In fact, her mom was a podcast guest.
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  That's right.
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  So if you can guess who it is, we'll give you a free cup of coffee.
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  Anyway, yeah.
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  So anyway.
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  Our guest today is Mandy Quon.
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  Welcome, Mandy.
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  Welcome, Mandy.
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  So good to have you.
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  Thank you so much, Cam and Jennifer.
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  I'm loving it here.
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  Coffee is really good. Thank you.
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  You like coffee?
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  Oh Yeah. Amazing It's good.
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  It's smooth.
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  It's fresh.
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  Smooth.
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  I like that.
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  I'm drinking it black.
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  Okay, yeah.
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  I can really taste the aroma.
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  You're a purist.
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  That will make Michael happy.
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  She's a coffee purist.
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  Yeah, Michael gets a little...
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  If you put like cream in it or something.
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  No, I want to taste it black.
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  He gets all worked up.
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  Anyway, I put like buckets of cream in it, but that's just me.
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  But anyway, so good to have you.
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  Thank you.
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  This is awesome.
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  Thank you for taking time out today to do this.
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  Because I know you're taking time off work and stuff.
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  No worries.
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  So I appreciate it.
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  It's great.
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  So let's kick it off.
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  Let's kick it off.
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  Mandy, tell us a little bit about where you were born and where you grew up.
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  And this will come out with who the guest was on our podcast.
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  But anyway, yeah.
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  Where were you born?
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  I'm born locally here, in Edmonton at the Royal Alex Hospital on Father's Day.
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  No! Father's Day! On exactly Father's Day! How does that go?
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  Yeah.
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  What a gift for your dad.
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  What a beautiful gift.
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  It was also the Bay surprise.
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  I think back then Bay had like surprise sales.
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  Yes.
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  Bay Days.
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  Right.
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  Bay Days.
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  Yes.
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  I was born on Bay Day at a surpise sale.
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  So, okay.
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  I don't want to go down that road.
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  So like some family was off at Bay Day with the exception of your mom at the Royal Alex, getting deals while you're being born.
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  No.
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  Well, the story is that my mom was pushing me in the stroller.
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  Oh, no.
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  Not me.
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  I guess someone else.
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  Like my brother.
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  Yeah.
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  Not you.
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  Miles, My older brother.
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  And then she had to go to the hospital.
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  She's at the Bay?
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  Shopping at the Bay.
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  She's shopping for Bay Day.
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  Shopping at Bay Day.
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  Probably Kingsway Mall.
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  Yeah.
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  And then had to go to the Royal Alex.
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  Come on.
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  But because the restaurant was very busy, my dad never came to watch me get born or watch the delivery.
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  Because he was at the restaurant.
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  He was at the restaurant.
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  Yeah.
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  Unbelievable.
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  So that's why my mom tells me clearly.
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  You're a Bay Day baby.
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  I'm a Bay Day baby and Father's Day because my dad couldn't come.
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  Right.
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  Wow.
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  What a story.
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  That's incredible.
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  I know.
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  So what high school did you go to?
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  I went to Archbishop MscDonald's.
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  Come on.
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  Yes.
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  What was your high school mascot?
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  Do you remember?
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  I wasn't athletic.
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  Maybe a bear.
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  What's that?
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  A bear.
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  No, a titan.
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  A who?
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  I don't know.
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  A titan?
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  I don't know. Do you know?
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  I went to Ross Shep.
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  Oh, I know your mascot.
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  Yeah, we were the Thunderbirds.
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  So yeah.
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  Okay.
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  All right.
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  So obviously you didn't care about your mascot.
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  Didn't care.
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  Yeah.
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  Awesome.
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  Okay.
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  Cool.
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  So.
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  So, Mandy, tell us a little bit about growing up because your parents were both in the restaurant industry.
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  Tell us a little bit about your family and growing up Quon.
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  You're a restaurant...
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  Growing up Quon.
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  Growing up Quon, you kind of grow up alone.
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  Your parents are always working.
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  Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 30 p.m.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: to about 10 p.m.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: After school, we wouldn't see him.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think we should just right here, tell everybody what restaurant it is.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because people are like, wow, is it McDonald's?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Is it Burger King?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No, it's The Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The oldest Chinese restaurant in the city of Edmonton.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We are celebrating how many years, Cam?
• 7:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know this better than I do.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was at the 75th.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So 78 now?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 78, I think.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 78 years.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 78 years.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 78 years, and folks, I'm just going to stop her here, of the best Chinese food in the whole city.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's amazing.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Unbelievable.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's the best.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I've been there, like, for, like, literally probably like for, for like 55 years of my life.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I've been going to Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Then when I moved away, every time I came back to the city, first place I went, Lingnan.
• 7:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 7:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So your parents own the Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You grew up in the Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes, absolutely.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: In the back of the Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: In the back.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because we're not allowed to be in the front.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Of the Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So really you had to hang out in the back.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was very, back in the day it was very strict.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My father was very strict, and not in terms of like just the way the restaurant was ran.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And back in the day only men were allowed to serve and host in the front.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: How many siblings do you have?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I have two other brothers.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'm the middle child.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You're the middle child.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I have an older brother and a younger brother.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And we're all exactly 18 months apart.
• 8:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, really?
• 8:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, my mom did it fast.
• 8:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Good timing.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, good planning.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you all three of you hung out in the back.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, not all three of us.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I was the first one to get a job at the Lingnan.
• 8:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Peeling pea pods.
• 8:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Peeling pea pods?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Answering phones.
• 8:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So about 12 or 13 years old, we were answering phones already.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 8:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: In the back.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Is that right?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you spent all your time school and the Lingnan?
• 8:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Kind of.
• 8:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think after school, I remember walking home, minus 30.
• 8:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We would walk home.
• 8:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Sometimes my mom would have something or we would make Kraft dinner or instant noodles.
• 9:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I remember there were times where I haven't seen my dad for like four nights.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Is that right?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because he would work at 3.30 and come home at 10.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So that's like the time we're home.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And how was that?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What was that like growing up in the restaurant?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was kind of crazy.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I think it taught us a lot of independence.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: How to not get beat up by your brothers.
• 9:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 9:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My brothers were huge wrestling fans.
• 9:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Were they?
• 9:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 9:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And did you have to wrestle with them?
• 9:30
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No.
• 9:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was the person they would try moves on.
• 9:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: When The Rock would do a new move, like they would try on me.
• 9:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
• 9:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 9:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like Hulk Hogan had a move, they would try it on me.
• 9:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 9:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I'm not going to say you were an abused child, but did you fight back?
• 9:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, I would just call my mom sometimes.
• 9:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I would call my mom.
• 9:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I love it.
• 9:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I would call my mom.
• 9:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I mean, they were physically stronger than me.
• 9:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I was stronger in every other way.
• 9:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 9:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 9:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 9:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 9:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was smarter, for sure.
• 10:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, that's a given, I think.
• 10:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 10:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 10:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 10:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So.
• 10:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So after you graduated high school, what did you do?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Where did you go?
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: After I graduated high school, we all went to university, but we actually started working very young.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like my first job was 13 years old at The Lingnan.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
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  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then by 15, I think grade 10, I got my first real job at the library.
• 10:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was a student page.
• 10:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Are you kidding?
• 10:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was a page too at Woodcroft, well, Westmount, at Westmount library, Woodcroft library.
• 10:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was a page in high school.
• 10:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was a page in high school.
• 10:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Were you really?
• 10:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The rate was $5.95.
• 10:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's right.
• 10:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Maybe you were at $3 if I was at five.
• 10:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was probably at $2.
• 10:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was like when you just did it for free.
• 10:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No, I didn't do it for free. It was volunterring.
• 10:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I did learn the Dewey Decimal System.
• 10:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I do too.
• 10:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was a very good student page.
• 10:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I cleaned the books really well.
• 10:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I ran the summer reading program.
• 10:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, I'm glad I didn't work with you.
• 11:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You'd have just shown me up.
• 11:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like I'm going to confess right here today.
• 11:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: There were times I would just put the books wherever.
• 11:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because I was just, I know, I was just, I know.
• 11:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was just, anyway.
• 11:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Librarians everywhere are just gasping in horror.
• 11:11
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I know, cringing right now.
• 11:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The old older lady, well, they're probably passed on that I worked with.
• 11:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But yeah, sometimes I just did.
• 11:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, it was a great job.
• 11:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was a good job, wasn't it? Yeah I loved it! Yeah, it was fun.
• 11:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was fun.
• 11:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I liked it, yeah.
• 11:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay, so you were a page in the library.
• 11:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Page in the library, I think it was like 10 to 12 hours a week.
• 11:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 11:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then I would still work at The Lingnan on the weekends to answer phones.
• 11:30
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So sometimes on a Saturday, it would be a double shift.
• 11:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 11:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Work library from, you know, remember 10 to 6, or 10 to 4, and then I would get a ride or drive.
• 11:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I drove really early, to a drive probably to The Lingnan to answer phones.
• 11:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
• 11:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 11:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 11:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: How is that growing up?
• 11:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You worked a lot.
• 11:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Did you have a lot of friends?
• 11:48
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Did you have a big social life?
• 11:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I had enough friends.
• 11:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I wouldn't say I had a huge social life.
• 11:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Obviously, you heard earlier I was not part of any sports team.
• 11:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 11:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Probably because I didn't have time.
• 12:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, yeah.
• 12:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was going to say, how would you have time to do any of that?
• 12:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's incredible.
• 12:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 12:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you worked at the library.
• 12:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then what?
• 12:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Then I had a bunch of other smaller jobs in between.
• 12:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 12:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: While going through university.
• 12:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: U of A?
• 12:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 12:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you went to U of A.
• 12:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What were you taking?
• 12:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was taking Chinese history combined with sociology.
• 12:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
• 12:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's interesting.
• 12:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: East Asian.
• 12:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was an East Asian minor and a sociology major.
• 12:30
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Incredible.
• 12:30
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 12:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I did it in three and a half years.
• 12:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 12:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you are the smarter child.
• 12:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No.
• 12:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was just, I don't know why.
• 12:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I mean, this would, this is not the advice I would give to my younger self, but I took every single spring and summer starting in high school.
• 12:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So if you start in high school and then you start in the summer, then you're actually done in three and a half years.
• 12:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 12:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 12:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But for what?
• 12:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No reason.
• 12:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Just to get through.
• 12:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Just to say you graduated.
• 12:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 12:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you graduated with a...
• 12:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: A Bachelor of Arts.
• 12:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: A Bachelor of Arts with a minor in Sociology and Asian Studies.
• 13:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 13:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 13:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Exactly.
• 13:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And what were you going to do with that?
• 13:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Not sure.
• 13:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You weren't sure?
• 13:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was going to do nothing actually.
• 13:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It was really unclear.
• 13:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What were you doing?
• 13:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Obviously a person of direction.
• 13:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 13:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Were you going to like work in the restaurant?
• 13:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Use your Asian Studies at the Lingnan?
• 13:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Or how are you going to...
• 13:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So my parents, I know a lot of people think, you know, Asian parents are Tiger parents, you know, they want their kids typically to be lawyers, doctors, surgeons, specialists, accountants and pharmacists for their daughters.
• 13:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 13:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But my parents weren't like that.
• 13:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My parents were really like, do what makes you happy.
• 13:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 13:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, they were strict in a lot of ways and put it together really good values like kind, be kind, be generous, be honest, work hard.
• 13:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But they never actually said to be successful, you have to have a certain degree or designation.
• 13:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So they just let you do whatever you wanted.
• 13:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 13:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you graduated from U of A, did whatever you want, now what?
• 14:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then a couple years ago, I actually went back to school.
• 14:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Really?
• 14:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I finished the Masters of Philanthropy and Not-For-Profit Leadership from Carleton University.
• 14:11
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: From Carleton?
• 14:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 14:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I decided to go back to school in my 40s, because I thought the first time around, I didn't try hard enough.
• 14:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I thought I would try again.
• 14:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Somebody who finishes school in three and a half years, I think you tried pretty hard.
• 14:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, no, yeah, no, yeah.
• 14:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Should have done it in two years.
• 14:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 14:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 14:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So you went to Carleton and you got a degree in Philanthropy.
• 14:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 14:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Why?
• 14:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So great.
• 14:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, so at the same time, my current position, I'm the Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Native Studies and the Dean of Students Office, which is a fundraising role.
• 14:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 14:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I've been fundraising for about 10 years and I want to just do more.
• 14:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 14:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And understanding Philanthropy and how the not-for-profit world works is a big part of it.
• 14:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Sure.
• 14:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So that's interesting because both Jennifer and I, we come out of the non-profit world.
• 14:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We do.
• 14:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's where we came from.
• 15:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And sort of what was your, like- Your why.
• 15:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, your why.
• 15:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What was your driving force behind- Because we know fundraising is not an easy job.
• 15:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: People think it's not an easy job.
• 15:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, I kind of just, I think like most people, they fall into it.
• 15:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: They don't know and I didn't know.
• 15:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And so I was hired at the university to be responsible for their key accounts for corporations.
• 15:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 15:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And for my previous role, I worked at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts for a long time.
• 15:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 15:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: For about 10 years.
• 15:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And my role there was Key Account Holder Director for accounts as well.
• 15:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 15:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So skills were transferable.
• 15:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 15:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But this time, it came with an ask for funding.
• 15:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 15:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And slowly, I honed in on my skill set.
• 15:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And now I can say after 10 years, I really enjoy it.
• 15:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But it took a long time.
• 15:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Sure.
• 15:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The first few years was really, really a grind.
• 15:48
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:48
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: There is an art and a skill to it.
• 15:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: There sure is.
• 15:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 15:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then you just have to get used to it.
• 15:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I think most importantly, for people in the fundraising world is, instead of chasing the goal or the number or dollar signs, you continue to chase your activity every day.
• 16:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 16:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Which is, you know, reaching out to people, talking about your cause, being kind and being genuine, and getting to know the other person and where they lie and where their values are.
• 16:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Exactly.
• 16:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 16:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 100%.
• 16:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's all about relationships.
• 16:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We know that.
• 16:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's all about relationships.
• 16:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So yeah.
• 16:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 16:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's incredible.
• 16:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's really amazing.
• 16:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Now, I creeped you a little bit, so I'm just going to be straight up on Facebook and Instagram.
• 16:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I dont have Facebook.
• 16:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, I was creeping you somewhere.
• 16:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, I just Googled you.
• 16:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, okay.
• 16:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I have a Wikipedia page.
• 16:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I saw.
• 16:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's crazy.
• 16:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I also saw that you were featured in some magazines.
• 16:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Front page.
• 16:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What?
• 16:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 16:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 16:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Tell us about that.
• 16:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 16:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So the Edify magazine now, a dozen years ago, used to be Avenue magazine.
• 16:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes, it did.
• 16:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I was featured on there.
• 16:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And actually a couple months ago, my mom was featured.
• 16:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, she was.
• 16:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I said to my mom all the time, you're also on the cover, but 12 years after me.
• 17:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's right.
• 17:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You came first.
• 17:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I came first for the first time.
• 17:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 17:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So were you one of the top 40 under 40?
• 17:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No, it was actually for a TV show that our family did.
• 17:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So The Quon Dynasty, and I think it was something like reality TV show East Meets West.
• 17:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay, let's talk about that.
• 17:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because you don't meet many people who have been on a reality TV show.
• 17:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And your family was, Quon Dynasty, is that correct?
• 17:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Tell us about that.
• 17:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What was it like having a camera?
• 17:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: In your face all the time?
• 17:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, I have to say that reality TV show is actually real.
• 17:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like it's really reality?
• 17:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's really reality.
• 17:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We don't get scripted.
• 17:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We just kind of do what we want.
• 17:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We do have a plan, because they just can't film for nothing.
• 17:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But the plan is that they discuss together.
• 17:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And they say, hey, what are you doing this May long weekend, for example?
• 17:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you tell them.
• 17:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And they're like, okay, well, can we come with you?
• 17:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And how was that?
• 17:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, it was a really, really fantastic opportunity.
• 17:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, because as you heard earlier, we didn't spend a lot of time together as a family.
• 17:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Sure.
• 17:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But now with the TV show, we had to spend time together.
• 18:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 18:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But it was so I really enjoyed the time spent together with the family.
• 18:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, that's good.
• 18:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I thought that was really good.
• 18:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What I love seeing is my dad's personality shifted a bit.
• 18:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He came out of his shell.
• 18:11
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:11
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I mean, Cam, I know you know him well.
• 18:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He's quite quiet now.
• 18:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But he was even more quiet before the TV show.
• 18:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Is that right, wow.
• 18:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 18:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, that's good.
• 18:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's amazing.
• 18:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, I want to because I just want to go back to it a little bit because I think I think your education and what you're doing.
• 18:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Do you view yourself as a woman in a leadership role?
• 18:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like, do you see yourself as a mentor to other women?
• 18:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Do you see yourself as somebody who leads other women and encourages other women to pursue their dreams?
• 18:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because you've obviously pursued some of your dreams.
• 18:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, I probably wouldn't use the word leadership.
• 18:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 18:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because I think leadership gives a more of a hierarchical like position, but there's a lot of young females I'm learning a lot from as well.
• 18:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 18:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So what I think I like to use the term is, how are we using our privilege today in our network and what we know to help others?
• 19:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 19:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: More of a helping hand.
• 19:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 19:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 19:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's amazing.
• 19:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It is amazing.
• 19:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What have been the toughest parts of being a woman in, I guess, leadership?
• 19:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Let's just use that word.
• 19:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What have been some of the toughest avenues of that?
• 19:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Toughest avenues, I think, for being in a woman leadership role is sometimes being younger, you're not taken as seriously.
• 19:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 19:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 19:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I think that, you know, as younger women, they're just a little bit unsure where or where they fit in.
• 19:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I remember going to my first golf tournament and I didn't even show up with the right clubs.
• 19:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I was paired up with a law firm of lawyers, white male lawyers who were buddies with each other.
• 19:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I just didn't know how to fit in.
• 19:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But then you finally read the room a little bit and you finally try to fit in.
• 19:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you know, you engage in conversation.
• 19:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I think the longer you do these sort of uncomfortable things in your life, it gets a lot easier.
• 19:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, for sure.
• 19:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Do you still golf?
• 19:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I pretend to golf.
• 20:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You should go.
• 20:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You want to come to our golf tournament?
• 20:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I got a spot.
• 20:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You want to come?
• 20:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'm putting you on the spot.
• 20:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: On our podcast.
• 20:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I can only come if my ball doesn't count.
• 20:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, no, no, no, no.
• 20:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Your ball doesn't count at all.
• 20:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay, I'm putting you on our team.
• 20:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'll give you the date.
• 20:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We'll figure it out.
• 20:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, no, I think that'd be great to have you there.
• 20:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think it'd be great for you to represent the university.
• 20:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I have another question.
• 20:30
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So Mandy, tell us about what it's like because you are working for the Indigenous faculty, but you're not Indigenous.
• 20:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Tell us about that.
• 20:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I love, so I'm still the Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Native Studies.
• 20:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I've been there for five years.
• 20:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I absolutely love my job.
• 20:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What is it like?
• 20:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think a lot of the values that we grew up with being Chinese is the same, you know, in a cultural setting, like the reciprocation, respecting our elders and just being kind and knowing each other deeply.
• 21:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 21:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, when we say we know each other or build relationships, we don't mean just go for coffee and all of a sudden, yeah, all of a sudden you have one coffee, you can ask for a bunch of things.
• 21:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 21:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Not in our culture and not obviously not in the First Nations, like Metis, Inuit culture.
• 21:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It is, you know, being there to really support people and listen to their stories.
• 21:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 21:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think that's phenomenal.
• 21:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I do too.
• 21:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, I think that's really cool because people, and I know people a lot of times when they think of philanthropy or raising money, they think it's easy to just phone up people and ask for, you know, can you help us?
• 21:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Do you want to help us?
• 21:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Little do people realize in the philanthropy world there are, I don't even want to put a number to it, but so many people asking for money.
• 21:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 21:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you're not, I don't know if competing is the right word, but a lot of them, yeah, kind of, just ask for money and they're gone.
• 21:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But I love what you're saying about building relationships.
• 21:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's all about building relationships, but also build it in a way where that person really resonates.
• 22:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Just because you have a hundred cups of coffee with that person, you take them out to events or dinners, it doesn't mean that person will give you the money.
• 22:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So one of the key aspects, I've been doing this, is I only hang out with donors or cultivate the relationship.
• 22:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We like to call it, if I like the person.
• 22:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Okay.
• 22:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: If I don't like the person, it doesn't matter if this person has a billion of dollars.
• 22:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: If it is, it would just end up being a transaction.
• 22:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I don't want a transaction.
• 22:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I want a relationship.
• 22:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I don't chase the dollars.
• 22:28
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I only chase if I like that person, because if the money doesn't come in, at least I'm having a great time.
• 22:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, I love it.
• 22:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you're always learning from each other.
• 22:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think that's great.
• 22:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I wish I would have known that sometimes, because I hung out with a few people I didn't like.
• 22:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Especially early on.
• 22:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, early on, because you just think I need the dollars type of thing.
• 22:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And at the end of the day, you didn't walk away with anything or walk away.
• 22:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Or if you did, there was always.
• 22:49
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Or it's one time and it's never coming back.
• 22:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Or megastrings attached, which that I didn't like at all.
• 22:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Megastrings attached, that will cost the organization work, and they want everything for their amount of donation, which is not a donation anymore.
• 23:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: No, it's not.
• 23:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, I can, one thing I love about you and that I see in you is you take after your mom.
• 23:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I believe your mom has that same philosophy.
• 23:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And we've had your mom on the podcast.
• 23:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: She just believes in building relationships.
• 23:18
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes, absolutely.
• 23:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: She does.
• 23:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, The Lingnan, in my opinion, and you can tell me if I'm wrong, but I think a big part of its success is she just, she builds relationships with people.
• 23:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you followed in those footsteps in your career, but also I believe as a person.
• 23:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 23:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I think that's pretty incredible.
• 23:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My mom always taught us really early on is to build that relationship first and to give more and never expect.
• 23:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 23:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And things, good things will come back to you in other ways.
• 23:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So same with my, same with the fundraising role.
• 23:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You know, you can call and call, meet and meet and it may not be that person.
• 23:48
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But one day you'll get a call and someone wants to donate that you've never met.
• 23:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 23:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I feel that activity, you do so much activity, eventually it comes, it rewards you in different ways.
• 23:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 23:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's cool.
• 23:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So tell us a little bit about your own family because you're married, you have children.
• 24:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, yeah, I love to chat.
• 24:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: They are so cute.
• 24:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I love to chat about my family.
• 24:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So very interesting.
• 24:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was actually divorced.
• 24:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So my new little family is very new.
• 24:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 24:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I, Victoria and Lincoln, they're not my biological kids.
• 24:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Ah, okay.
• 24:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Something that I don't think a lot of people know.
• 24:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I was divorced probably seven years ago, let's say.
• 24:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And my husband at that time was very, actually a good, he's still a very good person.
• 24:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He's a good guy.
• 24:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I remember going back home, telling my parents that I was getting a divorce.
• 24:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was so scared because they always said he was a great guy.
• 24:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: They loved him like a son.
• 24:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That best man ever.
• 24:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 24:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I remember walking to my mom's house on a Saturday morning and I was scared to tell her because of what she would think.
• 24:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 24:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I think in our Chinese community, we're still more traditional.
• 24:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 24:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And there's still some shame with getting a divorce.
• 24:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 24:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I walked in there and told them flat out, I moved out for five days, now I'm getting a divorce.
• 25:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 25:01
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And my dad was very special.
• 25:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My dad says, you know what?
• 25:05
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He didn't, he doesn't say much.
• 25:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He's like, I'm really proud of you.
• 25:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'm like, oh, proud of a divorce?
• 25:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He's like, no, I'm proud that I've raised a daughter that can walk away when she knows it's not right for her.
• 25:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I love it.
• 25:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 25:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's, that's incredible.
• 25:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So then it shifted, my mom, because I know my mom's a bit more traditional.
• 25:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 25:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My mom shifted and says, you know what, Mandy?
• 25:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I have a jewel full, I have a crown full of jewels and I'll give you my entire crown.
• 25:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You do what you want in your life.
• 25:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 25:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I was like shocked.
• 25:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 25:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because I thought I would have to justify myself.
• 25:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 25:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Of why?
• 25:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I wanted a divorce.
• 25:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 25:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: But they didn't ask me to justify.
• 25:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Unconditional love.
• 25:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Amazing.
• 25:42
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, I love it.
• 25:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And during the divorce, the process is never clean.
• 25:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, never easy.
• 25:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And when I would complain to my parents, my dad would be like, well, tell me what it is.
• 25:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'll solve it.
• 25:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: If it's money, we'll get rid of it with money.
• 25:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: What do you need to get rid of this person that's causing you stress?
• 25:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, Kinman, I just love him.
• 25:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The guy is the best.
• 26:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I think for me, I didn't realize this until way early on in my late 30s.
• 26:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow, my parents are really quite, what does that word, quite progressive in their thinking and not as old fashioned as I thought.
• 26:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 26:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, I mean, I think they are progressive from a business perspective for sure.
• 26:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think they're very, but to hear this, it gives me not only a deeper respect for you, but also for them as well.
• 26:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you know I love them and I think they're amazing.
• 26:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 26:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you know, I think as a child, and I think we can both attest to this as can you, you never want to disappoint your parents.
• 26:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, you don't.
• 26:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 26:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's always the fear.
• 26:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You're going to walk in and tell them something and you're going to disappoint them.
• 26:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's not even anger.
• 26:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's that disappointment.
• 26:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And what a beautiful response from your parents.
• 26:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Could have gone the other way and it didn't.
• 26:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I was really worried.
• 26:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 26:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: 'Cause we spent a lot of money on this wedding.
• 26:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 26:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I know, eh?
• 26:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's like, I don't know.
• 26:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So I married East Indian and we had a four day, 600 people wedding that my parents and my ex's parents paid for.
• 27:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 27:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So very kind family, very generous.
• 27:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I just felt horribly ashamed that this was happening.
• 27:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 27:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And fast forward, you know, that's gone.
• 27:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 27:16
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then I reacquainted with my current partner, Andy, and we dated back in high school.
• 27:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Oh, high school sweethearts.
• 27:24
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Come on now.
• 27:26
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: He had, he has two little kids, and at that point, very little, like maybe two and four, two and three, really small.
• 27:31
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 27:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And again, I was worried, like now I'm getting myself into another relationship with, with little kids.
• 27:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Insta mom.
• 27:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And, you know, my mom's old fashioned again.
• 27:40
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And my mom probably thinks like, you know, Cinderella, Snow White, like in her brain, like evil stepmother.
• 27:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yes.
• 27:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you know what?
• 27:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My mom and my dad are so welcoming to Andy and his kids that we're like one big happy family.
• 27:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, you, I've watched you.
• 27:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So, so I've, I've, I've observed you at the restaurant when you're there with your family.
• 28:04
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And first of all, I'm going to say this.
• 28:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You are an amazing mom.
• 28:07
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thank you.
• 28:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And your kids are amazing.
• 28:10
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: They come over to the table and they, they are smarter than all, they're smarter than me.
• 28:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: This is what, they're, they're brilliant.
• 28:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: They're just, your daughters are brilliant.
• 28:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And, but I've also watched your mom.
• 28:22
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And the best part is, is when you walk away to go wherever, what you're going to do and they're there, I've watched your mom like reach into her pocket and pull out money and just like, like peel off bills to them.
• 28:34
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then she comes over to our table and says, don't tell anybody.
• 28:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So, oops, I guess I told what I wasn't supposed to, but I just say she's the greatest.
• 28:41
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: My mom gives all the kids $20 every time she sees them, every single time.
• 28:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Wow.
• 28:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then $50 if it's a special occasion.
• 28:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Can you adopt us?
• 28:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We'd like to be adopted.
• 28:53
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And then the other day, she showed up at the house and she gave us each $100.
• 28:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I said, for what?
• 28:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: She's like, long weekend, long weekend.
• 29:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And here's the thing, with your mom, I know it's not about the money.
• 29:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It isn't.
• 29:06
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: It's about the love and it's about the giving.
• 29:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And the generosity.
• 29:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah, and it's so awesome to watch.
• 29:11
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And it's awesome to watch you as a family.
• 29:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And now that you've told us this, your story, part of which we didn't know, I'm in awe of you.
• 29:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I really am.
• 29:21
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think you're amazing.
• 29:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And we're almost out of time, but we have one more question.
• 29:29
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Mandy, what is the best piece of advice you've been given, either personally or professionally that you carry with you to this day?
• 29:37
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: The best piece of advice is to always be kind and transparent and not be someone that you're unable to follow through with.
• 29:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Right.
• 29:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And keep that.
• 29:47
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I know a lot of people say, you know, be authentic, but I think even more so being authentic as the way you feel outward, but being true to what really speaks to you.
• 29:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 29:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Because it doesn't last long if you're trying to be someone that you're not.
• 29:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 29:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: True.
• 29:59
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And that's everything.
• 30:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I think for women, looks is one thing.
• 30:03
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Trying to keep up with fashion, trying to, you know, chase a dream.
• 30:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 30:08
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Which you should continue to chase, but only chase it if it truly makes you happy and not for anyone else.
• 30:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 30:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Amazing.
• 30:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: She's just...
• 30:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I could sit here and talk to her for hours.
• 30:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We could go on for another hour for sure.
• 30:19
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I know we could.
• 30:20
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And again, Mandy, you're successful.
• 30:23
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: You're brilliant.
• 30:25
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I just love listening to you.
• 30:27
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I love when we're together because you're just so full of life and wonderful.
• 30:32
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I love your family.
• 30:33
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And now that I know a little bit more of the story, we know a little bit more of the story.
• 30:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I just have to say, for me, I'm just so happy you're in my life.
• 30:43
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I just think it's awesome.
• 30:44
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 30:45
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: This has been great.
• 30:46
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Like new friends, old friends, long lasting friendships right here.
• 30:50
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: That's it.
• 30:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thank you.
• 30:51
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thank you so much.
• 30:52
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We appreciate it.
• 30:54
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thanks so much.
• 30:55
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thank you.
• 30:56
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And both of them.
• 30:57
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Absolutely.
• 30:58
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And wonderful people, wonderful people.
• 31:00
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And Mandy is just an amazing person.
• 31:02
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And I think she's just incredible in life, in academics, in leadership, all of those things.
• 31:09
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: I'm already thinking my women leadership panel next year.
• 31:12
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thinking for next year.
• 31:13
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 31:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Yeah.
• 31:14
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So yeah, that was really great.
• 31:15
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Well, thanks everybody for listening.
• 31:17
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: We really appreciate it.
• 31:18
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• 31:23
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• 31:26
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• 31:27
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• 31:31
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• 31:32
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• 31:35
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: And you won't miss an episode.
• 31:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Absolutely.
• 31:36
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: So thanks everybody.
• 31:38
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: Thanks everyone.
• 31:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: See you next week.
• 31:39
  So because my dad's schedule at the restaurant started at 3: See you next time.