Poetic Lessons
"I am grateful to be here today ... Because I’d like to celebrate ... The unconventional Beauty and ... All that that comes with ... Redirection." – Student-poet Mishie Serrano
Commencement 2023
Student Performance
Lessons from Redirections
By MISHIE SERRANO (Latinx Studies)
Life
Truly is teaching me
That although our original plans
May have come undone
The experiences that have come to take their place
Have more beauty
That one would have imagined.
When I began my first semester back at HCC
After a 3 year hiatus I battled with imposter syndrome.
Not new to this feeling I would fidget in my seat
And lose myself to music beats in my headphones.
A habit I dragged from surviving high school.
I am grateful to be here today
Because I'd like to celebrate
The unconventional
Beauty and All that that comes with
Redirection.
Click here to read the rest of Mishie's poem ...
PHOTO: Latinx Studies major Mishie Serrano recites an original poem for Commencement 2023.
