No, this isn't about aliens, at least from other worlds. It's about people in this world who are aliens to the resources that could allow them to achieve in this life.

There are too many of them out there.

Whenever I see pictures of people on the very edge of existence somewhere in the world who have to fight to exist from day to day for just subsistence, I think of ... Astrid S. Tuminez.

She is currently President of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. (Yes, this is the school where Charlie Kirk was assassinated.)

Astrid grew up in the slums of a rural area of the Philippines in extreme, abject poverty. When very young, she encountered some Catholic nuns who secured her a scholarship to a Catholic school. From there, she thrived. That change made all the difference in the world, to her and others.

How many others are like her, languishing because the small hand up is unavailable for them to reach their true potential?

I don't think she's unusual. She received the help she needed. How many others die without it?

The next time you see images of those in poverty, oppression, and want, think of Astrid Tuminez in that same condition. Consider what she was able to do with a little assistance. This world is a lot better because she received it.

Others will be too.

Consider what you can do to assist those others.