-: So Temple was not my first choice,
it was the best choice for me.
I got into a local Catholic college,
that's all I knew was going to Catholic schools.
And you kept going and I learned my family
couldn't afford to send me where my first choice was,
so I scrambled, I'd never taken the subway.
I came down, I applied at the last minute.
It taught me everything about diversity,
about different ways of thinking about the world.
I was insulated in the world I grew up in,
and so it's continued to give back to me.
I come back to mentor students
and to show up on campus for events.
And I come away more hopeful every time
about what higher education and liberal arts can do
to open your mind.