Alyssa provides an account of her time at UCLA which included developing her own major (Digital Democracy), studying abroad in Spain, and listening to lots of Jay-Z. After being fired the second time from the same job and dumped on the same day, Alyssa introspects on gratitude and happiness. Listeners will learn about her early challenges building HipCamp and HipCamp’s role at the intersection of private and public land, urban and rural areas, & liberals and conservatives in the US. Pranav mentions a recent and traumatic encounter with a backyard opossum.