To the Superstorm Sandy disaster survivors, thank you for sharing your stories with me. By the time you find yourselves in this book, I trust that you have found a way to gather up the pieces and put them together as best as you could. To my family, Floyd, Pristeene, Melinda, Pauliciana, Priscilla, Ma Ju, Defwen, Titus, Abi, Ursula, Martin, Roger, and Juliette, you taught me how to love and see the humanity in people, always wanting the absolute best for them. You will continue to inspire all my future books as I align my career with my calling, my dedication to understanding and undoing inequality, inequity, and injustice.