Michelle Harding (she/her) of Colorado was selected for a Founders’ grant for gender affirming surgery with Dr. Dany Hanna. When asked why she is grateful to receive this grant, Michelle shared, “I am in my 50s and have been desperately waiting for decades to get this gender affirming surgery so my body will be the way it should have been since the day I was born. I have suffered homelessness, failed marriages, rejection from my family, and immense emotional pain and gender dysphoria. I need this surgery to live a full life as my true self, but I couldn’t afford it without help. I am receiving this grant with thankfulness to The Jim Collins Foundation for saving lives and changing lives like mine for the better.”