Betül Kaçar

Whenever I think about...

our role as a scientist or the beneficiaries of the knowledge that we create.

I always think about that night.

That's, uh, how many people were in that room.

It was incredibly crowded and the lot of, lots of young people who were trying to start everything new and not do, or not carry, um,

replace whatever maybe the feeling that was taken from them with hope and love start a new beginning be the seed for the next generation and it moved me so much that they all came to hear about early life space something maybe different for them that maybe they were always interested in and never thought about

But what stayed with me was just the look and the feeling, the look on their faces and the feeling in the room.

The energy just was really moving to me.

Yes, and that's exactly why I'm telling this whole story, because for most of us, we may have to be that seed in our families, the first one to do something new, to break that cycle, whatever it is that you want to break free from.

I would want the young people to know that you can be that, that there are...

Just wonderful things to learn from this life.

And it's just incredible to be living.

And I would want them to know that their voice matters and they need to use it, especially those who think that their voice doesn't matter.

And ultimately, I think what it comes down to is to trusting yourself, trusting and respecting your voice.

If you're not loved, learn how to love.

If you are not respected, start by respecting yourself.

Learn how to respect yourself.

You can teach yourself things.

Yes, I definitely know the feeling.

And I would just want them to know that they don't need to be defined or reduced down to what others see in them.