16 year old Candace learned that she wanted to be a psychologist in a psychology class in high school. So I took this class, and I was like, oh, that's why my family is nuts. And so that was like, that did it for me. I was like, I want to do this. I want to be a psychologist. And so when I went to undergrad, I don't know who told this to me, but they were like, you know, black people don't really see psychologists. And so I was like, Oh, well, I guess I need to be doing something relevant to the community. So I ended up becoming an English teacher, but then my classes became like group therapy, and I just went back in to the mental health field. I became a I did my Master's in professional counseling, and then my doctorate in counseling psychology, and I thought, hey, I want to be a sex therapist. I want to focus on sex like that's my jam. And when I was in my last year of my doc program, my mentor at Delgado Romero was like, I think he would be a really good faculty member. It's like, I don't know, because y'all look happy. It was like, that's a US thing, not the profession thing. I think we should go for it. So I did it. Ended up at the University of Kentucky, and I had a nine year career there where I got to study sex and all of. The fun things that I enjoyed researching, and I most recently transitioned to Emory in August. And so I've been doing this work for a while now, and really loving every