success in our lives i've very proud of the students here today because we want to be of help the city officially wants to help you. i pernicious want to help you as well that's why i appeared this weekend with joe on the street soldiers program to acknowledge the successful students i've got to meet 3 of the esmeralda and jackie and their so articulate i know i think you're going to go well beyond your dreemz i see in you the spark of success and i want to say thank you to the entire group of agencies that are sitting here with me beginning with board president david chiu our school board and assistant superintendant gerrero is here and our wonderful

housing authority and its commission is here we have so many community groups from the school board to the community agencies that want to see you succeed and naeksz in addition to recognizing our efforts in graduating this 2014 year we're making sure that we introduce you to ail the different resources so you understand that it you are full residents of our city and making sure you succeed so how about a good paying summer job anyone want a good paying job yeah. well, we've got those jobs to transition you i want you to think about your college ability as well because the differences in income between someone that graduates from college and someone that didn't it's over one million dollars in our

professional life so join the million dollar club and make sure you take care of that if it's not immediately very soon in the future we have good paying summer jobs thirty percent of them transfer into year random jobs our police departments is helping out as well as our building inspection is helping out all the wonderful agencies the mayor's office and we want to take care of your health to your education to our economics of having a job because we know that it is a lot of barriers in front of you and want to erase those barriers today is an appreciation for your families and friends and make sure you success i want to say thank you to the parents the

brothers and sisters the public housing association that's here represented here because everybody is trying to make sure you succeed. i also want to say a great thank you to the community-based agrees awhile you've been students we wanted to make sure your safe and successful as students make sure our connecting u.s. bancorp up with the j v s or street youths all the agencies to make sure we're working with you throughout those years we're going to be there from all of this time to when you hopefully graduate from college but in between job opportunities are there. and i'm going to ask you that when you become the multi billionaire success stories come hire me when i have to have another job at the sometime.

but also to say again, it really takes a village of a lot of people to create success you're our shining stars graugsz congratulations to you and remember this moment i was reminded 44 kwloorgz i graduated from high school and got to go up to my high school and see all the other people that have gone through i looked at that as a pro tem time when i i was trying to understand what's good morning in the real world how can i make sure my petitions with the passions but i was remembered a lot of people needed me my family my brothers and sisters wanted to be sure they had someone to invest in and say look i may have had a

hard time by i want my brother or sister or sibling to succeed. you've got a lot of people banking on and to be successful but people who invest in you want you to succeed and do everything possibly. congratulations to the 2014 our public housing graduates thank you four getting through all the barriers and thank you to you're famous and friends >> thank you to all the city agencies and the departments here helping make sure that success is real keep the doors of opportunity open for your friends talk about this to your other classmates congratulations to you for being here

(clapping). >> i'd like to introduce barbara smith the executive director of the san francisco housing authority (clapping). >> thank you, thank you. good morning, everyone. well, it's very exciting for the housing authority to be here. we are filled with pride and prier pleasure to celebrate our accomplishment from high school today. you've all learned one of the most important things in life pursue your dreams clearly demonstrated your willing to take action and be precedent and not give up despite roadblocks. you've learned there's always a way through and around obstacles when you pursue our options and

keep that confidence and will to reach for your dreams and stay trying true to your dreams we're truly proud of you thank you for reaching our goals and pursuing our dreemz. now i get to do one of the most exciting parts of this celebration and that is to provide scholarships for the graduates and those are on behalf of the housing authority. so i'll call that marcus, marcus. (clapping.) marcus congratulations go he's from albany he's our senior who graduate from chapter high school and going off to tech college in susan vail on a

scholarship i know that his mom and family are especially proud of you today and everyday for your accomplishments >> thank you (clapping). >> and now i'd like to call up angela martinez from plaza east (clapping) she's one of our seniors that graduated tb june jordan on her way to ucla in the fall (clapping). >> your mom and family are especially proud of your accomplishments and your radio debut on sunday night with the mayor. congratulations and willing to you (clapping)

yes. jacqueline from west brook i think she's not here yet; is that right? we have another person from pa terror annex (clapping) she's one of the our seniors that graduated from the academy and is going off to i'm sorry that's jackie barns she graduated fromgalactia low high school living in the dorms at the cal state hayward in the fall (clapping) your mom and family are very proud of user you and congratulations and guideline to you (clapping) esmeralda rodriguez from alice griffith

(clapping) all right. our senior that graduated from phillip and salisbury ton high school going off to 70 state and esmeralda had her debut with the mayor on sunday we're proud of your accomplishments and our mom olympic is here and our family is proud of you congratulations (clapping) so do we actually have the scholarships i'm looking at we'll be providing those to you. okay. so we'll be providing those to you shortly and congratulations. (clapping.) >> don't worry folks the money is going to come i'll make sure

the money is coming. a lot of folks absolutely i next, we have this management you've been president of the board of supervisors i think you've been president there longer than than i have been in the plod police department >> good morning who's excited for the class of 2014. i know there are a lot of folks to thank but i'm going to ask a couple of individuals to stand up can all of you who are apparent of students could you please stand up to be recognized. thank you (clapping) i had to do that because i think for monthly anyone to graduate

you discounting do not appreciate until years later how much sacrifice it took to be parents. i'm so excited for the class of 2014 the future is in your hands i look at you, you represent not only the diversity of san francisco but the diversity of the world. and when i look at the audience of your adult partners i see the future youths i see for example, the teachers here and among you will be teachers that will educate the next generation of san franciscans i see the men in uniform including the excessively you'll keep the city safe we have leaders from the business and nonprofit community and among you will be future leaders of the same organizations and at some point mayor ed lee and i are going to be out of a job is he the

braefgs will move on so on behalf of the board of supervisors i want to say anyhow men and womenly proud i am and our elected officials you're our future hope san francisco rests on your shoulders we look forward to seeing i succeed have a wonderful, wonderful wonderful graduation. congratulation (clapping.) i told you the city folks are next supervisor from my district supervisor malia cowen clb. good morning, everyone how are you and congratulations to the graduates i want to thank all

the parent and grandparents and siblings that are here to congratulating doubt celebrate it's a pleasure to be here and close the middle stone chapter in your life i'm supervisor malia cowen i was elected to represent the southeast part of san francisco like health department and indicating trespasser hill i think my most significant produce i'm a graduate from lakeshore and the local high school it's not two along these i was sitting in our seats with anticipation of what lies ahead i'm going to say hourlong i love graduations it's a light of celebration for families to get together and to

celebrate the hard work you've demonstrated over the last several years. it's for some graduation is starts the lives of the working folk maybe 2 or 4, 6, 78, 8 of more education and schooling for you that's a special day to take a moment to reflect and thank the friends and families and mentor and coaches everyone tha that thas has brought to this point and assisted you in 4th of july what i want to do in our life so if you haven't had a moment to recognition our aunt and uncles and family members we have to put our hands together for all the family members that made this possible.

and tomorrow is interesting tomorrow you'll begin to face we rae life decisions are going to have real life consequences b think about that before you possess that post that convertible photo because here you'll have to present yours for the opportunity coming your way and some will be easy to identify and others not so much. some opportunities will come from people you know and some from complete strangers the key is to be able to see a solution to a problem before everyone else does it means being prepared and being in the right place. but the tricky thing no opportunities is going to come but if you sit passively by so

be retina ready for the next opportunity be prepared and thoughtful and engaged because in the end we need you, your city needs you. and if the vision of our future is to leave an unassuming life or not contribute to our community be a great dad or work for local government or small business passion and will persistence live your life with passion and with purpose so no matter what you choose or no matter or no matter what you grew up to become you're a younger generation it is looking at up to you and lift them up

out of the subsequence. think about all the important people we've got judging luke and nancy pelosi and others those are really a fine example of unregistering leaders i want to close by saying congratulations on your continued success and offer a word of encouragement that as san francisco continues to grow this change can only happen a that with you and it accepts and recognized that san francisco is a exemplifies and incorporating body do not building the hype when people say that san francisco is pushing you out this has room for everyone in this audience and remember you

are able to rise above all the circumstances >> thank you. i admire you and god bless (clapping). >> you know, in my former life not that i'm gone but for years i was working for the school district i was a teacher and an administrator i taught at the ab it's today know where that is, i taught at the making take care, i taught at katrero middle school it is now i s a and the principle as jane lick so the best thing for me was to

graduate number one it's important to see people graduate i include the young people came from there recent certain plays there's sorta stricken ma attached if you say the names of the neighborhood oh, no there ain't no way that's why it's so fitting to celebrate the young people who have come out of people that thought people couldn't make it from people that live in human being u public housing we highlighted them on the radio show sunday night and got to hear they're great stories. i'm going to introduce a couple of student speakers that represent the group first is marcus. he lives in the alderman property and a graduate of city

arts and will be going to cosmo technical in case in susan vail >> all that education count. >> (clapping) >> hello, i titled my speak any beautiful struggle since day one i've been blessed with the gift of life i was born in 1975 into a protecting householder i gthd if nicaragua at the age of 2 seeking a better life my experience i replacement the first die mom and i move forward to alaghany while i was out busing i didn't tricking

treating someone was breaking into my home searching into bags breaking through our bathroom and leaving clothes around our living room i hadn't experienced this this is a new sanctioning no place like home i spent a lot of sleepless nights when i moved. the noise was arguable it resembled the domino effect it caused me to perform poorly in school beginning high school i believed half of the things were not even worth paying attention because it didn't apply for real life i was mistaken. i wanted to become an artist in

the future and school taught me not only 0 how to put together a portal i started focusing in my school in my senior year because reality i was off to college with full responsibility left up to me and professors won't have the same amount of time like high school from waking myself up to managing my time wisely i was focused to determine that any senior year to get accepted two at least two colleges and graduate high school. staying after school working on college applications and constantly bugging my teachers for help paid off in the end. i'm proud to mention i was

accepted to the california college of the arts and cal poly. i'll be walking across the stage this saturday for my hard work my next step is to start off the beginning of a new chapter in my life i want to end by saying you've got to keep our head up if i can make a come back anyone in this room can 0 do this no matter the situation you've got to keep our head up. thank you, mayor and barbara thank you for the opportunity and audience for your undifferent attention i now understand the power of education (clapping) >> our next speaker a angela

martinez she lives in class e as a graduate she'll be attending where is angela she'll be tending ucla yeah. (clapping). >> good morning, everyone. thank you, everybody for being here and celebrating the class of 2014 our success. to begin i'm originally in los angeles i was born over there when i was about 2 my mother and i moved to the bay area and would go in the s r o in the hotels in the tenderloin we 3w0u7bd around and then a couple of years leader we get evicted from our home due to financial

strunlz. thankfully the san francisco housing authority gave us a place and our first apartment and home in katrero hill. having a stable home meant one last thing to worry about. i loved walking to school i want went to staggering it was close i walked to school a and had friends in my community and enjoyed living there. i was in school like every other student elementary the only difference was at home, i held many responsibilities. i helped my mom what with cooking and cleaning and getting any siblings ready for school and picking up them up

sometimes. once i hit high school i saw the world different i went to school for associate justice it meant they taught me concepts like opposition and librarytion those are things other schools that won't have taught me i started questioning religion to the way that people served food at the parts women are unusual first in high school i looked at college it wasn't a topic to discuss when you younger because we never really it was just nothing we really talked about we just want went to school i don't know what the a through g you requirement i did not know why

they were important. throughout any high school experience there were many people dropping out my switching schools and people dying because the violation in the neighborhood. although those things are going on around me i didn't give up i didn't have much academic support because that my mom didn't know how to help me. but thankful will i i learned how to reach out i took every opportunity given to me and now 12 years later - >> (clapping) >> i'd be able to overcome obstacles and challenges and

become a role model for my 3 siblings i'm also one less statistic and in the fall i mean, i'll be tending ucla (clapping.) thank you. >> wow. well, that was really what it is all about but you're the star. because you did that. you did it thank you very much thank you very much. we have i believe the presentation of the certificates by superintendant guadalupe

gerrero >> just him (clapping) okay. >> good morning, everyone as depth superintendant i'm filed with pride anytime we get to recognize our students and today, we get to recognize and celebrate our graduates congratulations on meeting this millstone on behalf of our superintendant our befgs and sandy draw fewer and commissioner mendosa mcdonald will help me to hand out certificates you've shown not only hard work and dedication i've heard a couple of examples but shown incredible persistence and many counterparts are calling grit you've living and relied on