Jane Vogel Mantiri is a retired psychologist, actor, and activist. She is the founder of Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE), a Portland, Oregon based social justice arts organization created to empower marginalized artists leading with gender and race. She wrote this primer as a legacy to family and friends, memorializing the obstacles, the given circumstances, and the love that has made up the tapestry of her life. All proceeds from this memoir benefit AGE.