Like, what, what are you really thinking about?

Festival season, festival and fair season.

Yeah.

Pretty spectacular.

I mean, kind of like I went, like I mentioned earlier, getting to travel to spots in our state, some that I hadn't even heard of, you know, I'm born and raised Wisconsin on the West side.

Um, but you know, one that comes in particular is.

going all the way up to northern wisconsin um right by the np and getting to see their fair up there iron county's fair um getting to see the special moments i think you know you you grow up going to maybe your hometown fair your local fair and you get to see the passion behind that but getting to go into each community and see the passion hear from the directors the volunteers that all the work they do to pour into their community year after year, many times 365 days for maybe a four-week festival, and getting to see the community come together, specifically in Iron County.

So when you say building resilience, so what are some of the things that you... you know, that you do with that?

Wow

... still with us today.

But the emotional trauma that I experienced of having a doctor sit my family down and saying, "Your dad probably only has a few months left", made a lasting impact on us.

And when my father went into remission, our family came together and said, "We are so fortunate that we had the community of support we did in such a difficult time, that we wanna make sure other people who may not naturally have that support has that support." So we started volunteering with our local hospital, Mayo Clinic in La Crosse, and then it expanded.

Um, I previously, before becoming Miss Wisconsin, worked for an organization called Family and Children's Center, where I worked with families in the La Crosse County, Monroe County, on anything their family may need.

Um, they come from various levels of adversity, so building those daily skills in them to help, help them move forward and know that they're, they deserve a bright and healthy future no matter what they've gone through.

Do you wish that they had bikini in the competition still?

You know, I don't.

Tell us about that.

Yes, it provides social awareness and support for children specifically, but really anyone who has faced adversity.

It stems from my experience when I was a child and my father battled stage four, had a neck cancer, and he survived.

We're so blessed that he's still with us today.

But the emotional trauma that I experienced of having a doctor sit my family down and saying, your dad probably only has a few months left.

made a lasting impact on us.

And when my father went into remission, our family came together and said, we are so fortunate that we had the community of support we did in such a difficult time that we want to make sure other people who may not naturally have that support has that support.

But the bikini, do you miss the bikini? Do you wish that they had bikini