![We create.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1edf05_0e5073d6d8d14f3ba3d7b743f7fb4857~mv2_d_3250_3301_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_995,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1edf05_0e5073d6d8d14f3ba3d7b743f7fb4857~mv2_d_3250_3301_s_4_2.jpg)
Raul Pizarro hard at work on one of his paintings from his Lundquist Collection.
![We own homes.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1edf05_c873a5e9a0d047ac94f13009ea0107c0~mv2_d_5472_3648_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1edf05_c873a5e9a0d047ac94f13009ea0107c0~mv2_d_5472_3648_s_4_2.jpg)
Rachel and her wife, Susan, sit outside in front of their home in Sacramento. (Photo Credit: Hung Pham, CA Employment Development Dept.)
![We connect around the world.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1edf05_139386f63c844d688062371e1ba5fca7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/1edf05_139386f63c844d688062371e1ba5fca7~mv2.jpg)
A picture of the growing Atlanta, Georgia chapter of NMD United. There are four chapter members present. Four adults are sitting in front of a green hill landscape.
![We create.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1edf05_0e5073d6d8d14f3ba3d7b743f7fb4857~mv2_d_3250_3301_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_995,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1edf05_0e5073d6d8d14f3ba3d7b743f7fb4857~mv2_d_3250_3301_s_4_2.jpg)
Raul Pizarro hard at work on one of his paintings from his Lundquist Collection.
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