Monday, May 21, 2012

Dessa Southwest IB Graduate Speaker at U of M

1999 Southwest IB Diploma graduate Margret Wander was the speaker at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities graduation ceremony.  Dessa (Margret Wander) is a spoken word artist, radio host for Cities 97, author and MC from Minneapolis.  She is best known as a member of the hip-hop collective Doomtree.

Dessa wanted graduates to make their own choices and to understand failure and success.  Listen and watch the commencement speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u38ue-XxHtw

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