“Today, as we say goodbye to our four years in high school, we leave as changed people”
“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight. Two and a half years ago I became the girl whose mother died, or the girl without parents.
But there was no way that I was going to let that define who I was or was going to be. I decided I was going to be a regular, normal girl. No different than anyone else. And if anyone would refer to me as “the girl without a mother,” I was determined that they would have to include the words, ‘the most amazing girl’ in the sentence.
“And so I did what I could to be that girl. I got good grades and was constantly surrounded by friends. I was involved in extracurricular activities, and I excelled at pretty much everything.
“But inside I was struggling. I felt confused and I felt like a nobody. No one knew that inside I was struggling because I put on a very good show. But Mrs. Schonfeld knew. And she knew exactly when to reach out to me.
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