Wednesday 8 June 2022 03:43 AM Jill Biden gives commencement address at Los Angeles community college trends now

Wednesday 8 June 2022 03:43 AM Jill Biden gives commencement address at Los Angeles community college trends now
Wednesday 8 June 2022 03:43 AM Jill Biden gives commencement address at Los Angeles community college trends now

Wednesday 8 June 2022 03:43 AM Jill Biden gives commencement address at Los Angeles community college trends now

First Lady Jill Biden delivered a commencement address Tuesday night to three graduating classes from Los Angeles City College, highlighting the stories of community college students who got their degrees against tough odds. 

At the ceremony, the first lady, students and administrators talked about what the school's students went up against including addiction, homelessness, COVID losses and going to school while pregnant or having young children. 

'These stories, your stories of perseverance and resiliance are so inspiring,' said the first lady, who continues to teach English at Northern Virginia Community College. 

She spoke of three graduating students in her keynote address, including a pregnant woman who recently immigrated to the U.S. named Marie whose water broke during her final exam. 

'Now, we all know students who would ask to be excused from a test for a runny nose. But not Marie,' Biden said. 'Through her contractions - praying that her baby would stay put just a little bit longer -she finished her test and then later, delivered a healthy baby boy.'

'That's how much finishing her degree mattered to her,' the first lady added. 

Biden also spoke about a Marine Corps veteran named Steve, who didn't let his PTSD define him, and was in the graduating class - and also a 46-year-old graphic designer named Ilya who got laid off during the pandemic, enrolled in LACC classes, and is now starting a second career as a teacher. 

First Lady Jill Biden delivered a commencement address Tuesday night to three graduating classes from Los Angeles City College, highlighting the stories of community college students who got their degrees against tough odds

First Lady Jill Biden delivered a commencement address Tuesday night to three graduating classes from Los Angeles City College, highlighting the stories of community college students who got their degrees against tough odds

First Lady Jill Biden (right) and Los Angeles City College President Mary Gallagher (left) wave to graduates during the school's commencement ceremony in Los Angeles

First Lady Jill Biden (right) and Los Angeles City College President Mary Gallagher (left) wave to graduates during the school's commencement ceremony in Los Angeles

Graduates from the classes of 2020, 2021, 2022 from Los Angeles City College listen as First Lady Jill Biden gives a commencement address

Graduates from the classes of 2020, 2021, 2022 from Los Angeles City College listen as First Lady Jill Biden gives a commencement address 

'These stories, your stories of perseverance and resiliance are so inspiring,' said the first lady, who continues to teach English at Northern Virginia Community College

'These stories, your stories of perseverance and resiliance are so inspiring,' said the first lady, who continues to teach English at Northern Virginia Community College

'She will start a new chapter and bring an old dream to life,' Biden said.   

Other student speakers spoke of the challenges they overcame to receive those associate degrees Tuesday night, at a ceremony at Los Angeles' open-air Greek Theatre, situated on a

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