MA 2019 CLAS Commencement Speech by Cristina Rivera Garza

"CLAS - Commencement 2019 

Cristina Rivera Garza 

 

It's a true honor to be here, basking in this marvelous light, celebrating your accomplishments. 

You made it. You deserve the full glory of this moment. You have worked so hard. I am sure you have been tirelessly devoted to your studies. You have found support in family and friends, professors and mentors. You have rejoiced in the company of others. you have created your own communities- which you will follow and, in turn, will follow you wherever you go from now on. You have done all this  for about a year at the master's level, here, in this wonderful house of THE many that is Bolivar House. But you did this too, or something very similar in any case, for four or five years in order to get your bachelor's degree. And for10 to 15 years before then, if we take into consideration both the elementary and high school years. You have been working for this day from the moment you were born. "

 

For the full commencement speech, view the pdf below.