San Diego Mesa College President Dr. Ashanti Hands Delivers Inaugural Graduation Commencement Speech

By K.H.

“This class will always hold a special place in my heart as this is my first graduating class as President of Mesa College. I stand before you as a proud product of Inglewood, California. My life has been tested by my circumstances but, as I grow, those tests have become my testimony and those circumstances…are my reason for being. The lens and the passion that I bring to this world, like you, even in the midst of the challenges, my purpose was there.

I have always had this tugging down deep on the inside that is always calling me to something greater. And so do you. You were born with it. That’s why you are here and if you listen to that calling, that tugging, it will carry you right into your destiny.

Your time is now. You are here with purpose and although your journey here [at Mesa] may be coming to an end, your impact has only just begun.

Congratulations graduates. I am Mesa Proud of you!”