Nick Bray signs a petition to get universal healthcare on the ballot after speaking with Selene Stewart, 79, at a grocery store on Treasure Island on Sunday, May 31, 2026, in San Francisco, California.

“I had an epiphany in my teenage years about the meaning of life and happiness,” said Bray, about his ideal of the American Dream. “I boiled it down to my health and my freedom. Because I lost both.”