I only met Irena once, but it was an important moment. I was looking for answers, questioning my past, trying to reimagine futures. She listened to me so intently, offered such quick insight, inpired through her very being, guided my next steps. And here, venturing into 2021 I will be taking forward ideas that she put into my head. I’m grateful for the ways in which she has touched and will continue to touch, so many lives.