Emily and Jake were compelled to make the film after speaking with survivors in the immediate aftermath; starting with Sam Zeif, a Parkland senior whose texts with his brother during lockdown went viral. “We were both taken aback by how articulately he was able to describe what he went through,” Jake says. “We were blown away by it. It was like the air was sucked out of the room. And the fact that Sam so early on could see why it was important to use his voice to keep his friend Joaquin [Oliver]'s memory alive; to make sure that everyone in the country and the world understood what they went through and why it cannot happen again.” is super smart, which makes sense considering he's a Gryffindor. The actor revealed that his favorite read is none other thanThe Master and Margarita doctorate in economics in the U.S.: Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Leading Black women in policy, health care, and technology will be featured, such as Dambisa Moyo, Uché Blackstock, and Erika H. James, and the discrimination we face in the profession. Democratizing and diversifying the field and practice of economics has been the focus of Dr. Cook’s career. Currently a professor of economics at Michigan State University (MSU), she has made it her life’s work to create economic policy that is based in community engagement and has unrelenting hope for a better, more inclusive future.