Sarah Hughes reflects on growing up in Maryland and starting to play the saxophone at the age 9, inspired by a musical family and early exposure to live jazz performances. She Remembers her development as a jazz musician and interest in improvisation. When she starts to attend the New England Conservatory, she builds new skills in the music and meets many inspiring and challenging peers and mentors. After returning to Baltimore, she starts to play music with DMV improvising musicians, including some regulars from Rhizome DC community. She reflects on her first performance at Rhizome and how playing in the house has always proved to have the most attentive audience- a good listening room. She hosted a 24-hour improvisation session at the house, where community was invited to play music, paint, have food together. She also held many confessional performances, dealing with difficult personal issues in the form of improvisation with saxophone and built instruments at Rhizome DC. Sarah talks about her first solo visual art exhibition at the space and hopes to continue to be involved as closely with this friendly and giving community.