When honoring Nelson Mandela at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, President Obama said, “What was true then remains true today. Basic truths do not change... It is a truth that lies at the heart of every world religion, that we should do unto others as we’d have them do unto us. That we see ourselves in other people, that we can recognize common hopes, common dreams, and it is truth that is incompatible with any form of discrimination based on race or religion or gender or sexual orientation” (NelsonMandela.org,2018).

The foundation in every story I create is based on this belief in truth.