Smiles of anticipation are contagiously spread throughout the dimly lit room. A colossal screen is projected onto a wall that magnetically attracts the eyes of all the guests. The atmosphere is inviting and everyone in the room knows there is one common reason for being there.

The one reason is Jane Kim, Supervisor candidate for San Francisco's District Six. And the rendezvous point is Public Works on Mission and Eerie Streets, the chosen stage for Kim's election night party. On the screen are the poll results thus far. At that moment, Kim is in the lead.

District Six covers areas such as the Tenderloin, SOMA, parts of Hayes Valley, parts of the Mission and more.

Kim, who graduated from Stanford University and then proceeded to get her law degree at UC Berkeley, is also a civil rights attorney as well as the President of the San Francisco's Board of Education.

A couple of hours into the soiree, Sunny Angulo, Kim's campaign manager, takes the stage and gives words of gratitude and encouragement right before she announces the guest of honor. The room goes wild with applause.

Kim walks into the room with ambitious eyes and a genuine smile on her face. She wears a black layered skirt with a white blouse that is draped over with a classic cardigan. She steps up to the microphone and her voice echoes throughout the building.

"We have spoken so many languages during this campaign," says Kim during her speech. "Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese...," and people in the audience begin to yell out other languages that may or may not be jests of fun. Laughter is heard in the audience and even Kim starts laughing with the crowd of her supporters.

Two nights prior, at Kim's campaign headquarters at McAllister and Market Streets, Kim speaks about the intensity of the campaign and the strength that it has given her. She talks about the will inside her that drives her to push onward.

In the small confines of her headquarters, there is the constant noise of beeps and rustling, phone calls and planning. Kim sits there waiting for the interview to begin with her parents taking pictures of their daughter. She looks worn but perseverant.

At the election party two days later, a certain weight is not there anymore. Speaking to the room, she is proud and must know that everything that could have been done has been. She resembles a character of a novel who has finally come to the end of a very long adventure; she looks tired. Her eyes are wet either from the tears that are forming or the glare of the light shining directly at her.

She tells the crowd, in a booming, amplified voice, of all the people the campaign has reached, especially the youth. The room fills with insanity as they all cheer her, as well as themselves, for the obvious accomplishments of the campaign and its success in stimulating voter turnout.

"We've talked to the people and now, even if I don't win, I am committed to work with the people I vehemently disagree with..." Kim says. Kim knows that the haul of the campaign is over but that another adversity is promptly arriving. She tells the audience that the hard part, which is getting things done, is just around the sharp corner.

The night wanes down to an end. Kim is seen dancing one moment, conversing another and then outside with friends. Comrades and supporters sing songs of tribute to Kim, including a rendition of Frank Sinatra's "My Way."

A few days later, Kim discovers she held her slim lead and won the election, beating out pre-election favorites Debra Walker and Theresa Sparks. The delay in the final results was due to the "ranked choice," voting which is done to truly appoint the majority winner.

Kim's road to bettering District Six is far from complete, yet it is certain that if one was able to see Jane run, that her steps so far, have been done her way.