The Island Now: Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center Chair Andrea Bolender Talks Family's F

All told, she said, her priority in leading the center is to inspire the next generation to lead.

“I’m looking for that next person to say, ‘OK, my grandmother, my grandfather survived. So I have this beautiful life now. And now it’s my turn to give back,'” Bolender said. “That’s really my goal, to make sure that there’s a perpetuity, that my grandchildren who obviously will never meet a survivor will come here and be able to acquaint themselves because this is a family.”