Barbara Poma is a complicated public figure. She and her husband, Rosario, and a business partner, opened Pulse nightclub in 2004. After the shooting, she founded the onePULSE Foundation, dedicated to building a memorial to the 49 killed and a museum to remember their lives and the impact of the tragedy. She reflects on the past five years.

• “We were able to keep the ball moving during COVID” (1:31)
• “Survivor Walk will be Phase 1” (4:50)
• “If you don’t understand LGBTQ history, then you can’t understand why Pulse was so important” (7:39)
• “How we chose the mission of onePulse” (9:07)
• “A series of weeklong events” (14:13)
• “This work gets me out of bed every day” (16:53)
• “There’s a hate problem in this country” (21:50)
• “Personally my husband and I have been dropped from the lawsuit” (25:41)
• “It will hit you when you are least expecting it” (29:27)
• “We’ve acquired the parcel behind Pulse” (34:51)