Crystal Polite

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

We really appreciate that.

We really appreciate that.

Wow, that's a great question.

Wow, that's a great question.

And the first time we've ever been asked that.

And the first time we've ever been asked that.

And it's easy, but now I'm trying to figure out how to frame it around my why.

And it's easy, but now I'm trying to figure out how to frame it around my why.

How do they correlate with each other?

How do they correlate with each other?

So I would say my because is because.

So I would say my because is because.

I came from generational poverty because we both came from generational poverty.

I came from generational poverty.

Because we both came from generational poverty, we understand what it was like.

We understand what it was like.

So we do what we do now to help someone else try to change the trajectory of their family tree.

So we do what we do now to help someone else try to change the trajectory of their family tree, even if it's giving them a nice place to stay, even if it's a rental, even if it's providing affordable housing to a single mother or a single father.