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Melinda Pierson

2009, A Moment from Melinda Pierson's Story

On May 23, 2009, Melinda Pierson graduated from San Francisco State University, the first member of her family to graduate from college. Parent's set a minimum standard for their children, she says. I have now set the new minimum standard for my family. On May 22, San Francisco State University had its twenty-third Sankofa, the African Legacy Rite honoring its African and African-American students. At the ceremony, students honor past lessons in life, by moving forward with them into the present. Melinda had the opportunity to honor all the people in her past who did not get the opportunities she discovered on her path to accomplishment. Movingly, Melinda feels that she has now broken cycles of poverty and dependence, opening the door for others in and beyond her immediate family. "Now my San Francisco story gets to change," she said. Wisely.

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