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And so that's sort of what I've been able to figure out is that if you build these things, people will come.

Not just to come to take a selfie, but take a selfie, have a drink, buy some coffee, have lunch, go shopping.

It's the idea that these icons become centers for economic development.

We're such a selfie culture right now.

Right.

I mean, like in the last 20 years or even 10 years, you will Google like when you go visit, like where are the top things or destinations or icons to see?

And I'm just helping contribute to that skyline.

Right.

And.

That's what Damon gave me as a nickname was Skyline Whisperer, you know, that I'm changing the skyline with art versus just buildings.

So I'm a first-generation Filipino.

My parents came here looking for that American dream.

Living in the Philippines was hard back then.

It's even hard now.

But back then, our culture in the Philippines is about education.

Especially if you were a doctor or someone in the medical field, you would actually get a plaque on the house.

Outside of your house in the village.

And so you would walk by and you'd see all these plaques of people who had education.

Right.

And it was sort of this idea that education help you was sort of a test of success.