Congratulations!
Year Up Los Angeles
Class 7
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Graduation Program
Welcome
Karina Rojas
Emcee, Class of 2020
Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell
Site Director, Year Up Los Angeles
WLAC Presidential Address
Dr. Jim Limbaugh
President, West Los Angeles College
Commencement Speaker
David Heredia
Author, Animator, Educator
Keynote Speaker
Jason Green, Class of 2020
Presentation of Community Awards
Jasmine Bass
Student Services Manager, Year Up Los Angeles
Presentation of Awards & Certificates
Rose Francois
Program Manager, Year Up Los Angeles
Dr. Marshaun Hymon
Program Manager, Year Up Los Angeles
Emcee Remarks
Karina Rojas
Emcee, Class of 2020
Alumni Oath
LeeVante Haywood
Alumni Board Chair, Class of 2019
Close
Karina Rojas
Emcee, Class of 2020
Student Speakers
Karina Rojas
Emcee/Host
Class of 2020
Jason Green
Keynote Speaker
Class of 2020
Welcome to the Year Up Los Angeles Commencement Ceremony!
Congratulations to all of our Graduates and their family and friends. On behalf of the staff at Year Up Los Angeles, we thank our amazing College Partner, West LA College, as well as our Corporate and Community Partners and our dedicated Volunteers and Mentors!
Class 7, today we celebrate how far you have come and acknowledge how far we know you will continue to go. You have defied the odds, persisted through these uncertain times, and not only rose to the occasion, but exceeded all expectations.
We hope you take all of this in. Take the time to reflect on this past year of hard work. The ups, the downs, the sacrifices, the friendships, the memories…
We challenge you to accept your Alumni status as a badge of honor and go into this next phase with a sense of duty and obligation. You must continue to lift as you climb, use your new platform to create space for others, and keep striving towards the mission. Our work is not done, but with the new opportunities you have created for yourself, we are making tremendous strides.
We as a staff will cherish the time we had with this class. We honor you. We commend you. We celebrate you and we will support you always.
Congrats class 7!
With love,
Year Up Los Angeles Staff
Award Winners
Community Partner
David Alvarado
Providence St. John’s Mental Health Services
Volunteer of the Year
Francesca Grater
Verizon Media
Alumni Oath
I PLEDGE that as a member of the Year Up National Alumni Association, I will continue to uphold and promote Year Up’s mission and core values. I will strive for excellence and realize my potential. I will use my time and talents to contribute to the success of Year Up, its students, and its alumni. I will take action in the movement to close the Opportunity Divide. I take this oath freely, as a promise to lift while I climb, and to be a lifelong ambassador of Year Up.
Thank You to our National Sponsors
Thank you to our National Community Partners
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