Welcome, loved ones, guests, and the class of 2022. We want to say also welcome to our guests who are watching us through the live stream. Thank you for joining us. We're here, we're excited to celebrate the fifth annual UndocuGrad celebration. Let's give another round of applause to our graduates. My name is Kiana Harris, and I'm a current undergraduate majoring in chemical engineering. And my name is Ratu Arisi-Lablavu. I go by Arisi for short. And I'm Arisi graduate having earned my bachelor's in both anthropology and social welfare. We are honored to be your hosts for today. To start us off, it's a pleasure to invite the Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Carol Christ. Good afternoon, and welcome to the fifth annual UC Berkeley UndocuGrad ceremony celebrating the class of 2022. I'd like to start by welcoming everyone to University House and recognizing that the land on which we sit stand today is the territory of the Hutun, the ancestral home and traditional territory of the Chechechnya-speaking Ohlone people, an indigenous community that has thrived here for hundreds of years. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Ohlone people, and it's important to reflect on how we benefit from the use of this land. Consistent with Berkeley's values of diversity and public service, we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make visible the university's history and relationship to native peoples, their ancestors, and their land. We're here today to celebrate the graduating class of 2022. And everything these students bring to our campus in class, in the research lab, in the office, and throughout our community. We know it isn't always easy. Berkeley's a place that demands a lot of those who study and work here. And our undocumented community faces additional burdens many of us can barely fathom. The specter of deportation, the turmoil that comes from a constantly changing political landscape, the search for belonging in a country that doesn't always accept you. We are also here today to proclaim this institution's commitment to our undocumented community in both word and deed, you belong here. And on behalf of our whole institution, we're so proud and so grateful for your presence and your contributions.  Since it was established 10 years ago in 2012, the undocumented student program at Berkeley has been a beacon for undocumented students eager to pursue higher education. Today, we welcome another class forward and across the finish line to join the growing alumni community who continue paving paths forward. I'd like to share my immense gratitude to Bob Colleen and Elise Haas, as well as the Evelyn and Walter Haas Junior Fund for their contributions to the Undocumented Student Program and for their unwavering support for our undocumented community over so many years. Thank you also to everyone on campus involved in this effort and to the alumni who have paved the way for today's students. I hope that moments of celebration like this help us remember something that's so sorely needed in the United States today, our shared humanity, the love, joy and connection among people that should so easily transcend lines of citizenship. Thank you. And now let's move on to the next part of our program. Thank you so much for your remarks, Chancellor Chris. Can we give her another round of applause? To introduce our keynote speaker, Dr. Alfredo Quinoa-Nones Hinojosa. He unfortunately could not be with us today, but he's watching in person from the East Coast and he has sent a video to share with you all. So just a little introduction, Dr. Q graduated from UC Berkeley in 1994 with a BA in Psychology. Today he is the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor and Chair of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida.  He received his undergraduate from UC Berkeley and earned his medical degree from Harvard with honors. He then completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology. Dr. Q has been featured in Netflix's Surgeons Cut, which has won an Emmy and BAFTA Award and the Peabody Award winning PBS special Hopkins. Dr. Q has shared his story as an undocumented immigrant through his writing and public speaking, advocating for human rights and dignity for all. In his free time, he enjoys mentoring, training for his health marathon fundraiser run and spending time with his wife and three kids. Shall we roll the clip? First and foremost, I want to thank Chancellor Carol Crest, Vice Chancellor Daniel Matus and the UC Berkeley Organizing Committee for inviting me to the fifth annual and docus grad graduation ceremony at UC Berkeley. My alma mater. Muchas gracias. I titled this opportunity, The Road We Have Trouble. El camino que hemos recorrido. Fiat locks, let there be light. I remember entering through the formal southern gate, entering to the campus the first time I was overwhelmed with emotions. I remember as if it was yesterday. My name is Alfredo Quiñones in Ojosa and I am the chair of neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. I hold the William and Charles Mayo professor and also the Monica, Flynn, Jacobi and Dow chair in neurosurgery. I attended UC Berkeley from 1991 to 1994. Was I born poor? Maybe in a small town outside of Mexicali, Mexico in the Baja California Peninsula. Close enough to the United States Mexican border. Close enough to be able to see through the fence that divided two countries, two cultures, but also close enough to allow me to dream, a dream that at times seems so far, far away. I wanna let you in a secret. When I received your invitation to speak, I thought no problem, I got this. They're asking me to talk about my life, about my work in the operating room, about my work in the laboratory, which by the way, hardly anything works. Also to talk about my work in our foundation Mission Brain which goes around the world helping poor people, but then I pause and fear, yes, fear invaded my thoughts. The fear of, what am I gonna tell them? What if I don't have anything profound or meaningful to say? As I was putting my ideas together, I also reflected on my path to UC Berkeley.  Dark moments when quitting was the only option I consider. I was ready to quit when I had the fence at age 19 in 1987 and I was caught by the border patrol. I was ready to quit when I landed in the fields of California and did bad breaking work in the cotton tomato and cantaloupe fields undocumented. I was ready to quit when I was homeless and I was living in my 1978 old decrepit beat up car. I was ready to quit when I was told to forget about going beyond the farm fields in Fresno. When I was told that my people, my ancestors, my family had come for generations to the United States to work as braceros and that I should never, ever aspire to go beyond that. I was ready to quit. In April 14th, 1989, I almost died. I found myself at the bottom of a railroad giant tanker carrying a liquefied petroleum gas 16 feet deep. I fell, I gasped for air and never made it out on my own volition. I have chronicled some of this experience in a book that has gotten recognition and awards by many of you, a UC Press book title becoming Dr. Q. Some of these experiences have also been chronicled in a 2009 Peabody Award winner documentary title, Hopkins. And some of these experiences were chronicled in the 2021 Emmy BAFTA award-winning Netflix show, The Surgeon's Cut. And yes, Brad Pitt and Disney announced a few years ago the making of a movie based on my life where, according to my son, Danny DeVito would play my role. I would be honored, of course, if Danny DeVito was to play my role. And I know I am bragging here and I apologize. I apologize unreservedly, but it is important to illustrate a point. See, the world may only see me as a five feet, seven inches short man, but I see myself as a seven feet, five inches tall giant. Reputation is what people think of you. Character is what you think of yourself. In that tanker, I fought until my last breath. My father and my brother-in-law risked their lives to save mine. How little did they know that through their sacrifices and risking their own lives, one day they were going to take the risk and one day they were going to touch thousands of lives. The path to UC Berkeley felt solitary at times. Sometimes it felt as if I was trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You can imagine my joy. One day I got the one letter. You have been accepted to UC Berkeley.  A pivotal point upon my arrival to UC Berkeley was when I learned that there were theme programs that celebrated our differences and similarities for many different groups and cultures. Safe places like Caxa, Magdalena, Mora. This was important to me, since the seed was planted at UC Berkeley that our skin colors, religions, beliefs, social economic status may be different, but behind all these differences and beyond what we can see, we were all similar. See, I have opened over 5,000 brains and I have never ever been able to detect differences based on anything. No differences based on race, religion or skin color. In 1999, I had an experience that put me on my knees again. Another one of those life and death experiences that shakes your soul and I had to dig deep to find the still in my soul. I found myself as an intern at the University of California, San Francisco fighting to find terra firma. Trying to understand how I got stuck with a large bore needle deep into my soul, I had to dig deep. This needle went deep with lots of fluids and lots of blood from a dying patient with HIV and hepatitis C and then I had to go into triple therapy and I was monitored for a long time to make sure that I didn't still convert. I had to learn about patients. I was not good at it. Being great at something means that you are going to be bad at it for a while. Yes, I was bad at waiting and I had to learn during those times to be patient and accepting and accepting that no matter how hard I tried at the end, I do not control all the variables. These are lessons that life teaches you. I have been given a gift to care for patients. I have been charged with the responsibility to give them hope. Am I a leader? I do have a team. We all work together to find new therapies and cures for cancer. I have members from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Panama, Italy, Portugal, Spain and many other countries around the world all working diligently day and night, never giving up with grit, with resilience. Am I a leader or am I a servant? A leader is nothing else but a servant and when you serve your team from within rather than from above, you transcend from being a good leader to becoming a great leader. I hope one day I can become a great leader. I wish I knew yesterday what I know today. I wish to know today what I will learn tomorrow. I took myself back to the day I was in your spot also graduating from UC Berkeley. I'll share some last thoughts with you. One, do not let the act of planning paralyze the act of doing. Two, you do not need to be amazing to start but you do need to start to be amazing. Three, maintain a curious spirit and choose your friends wisely. Four, find your strength and then learn how to use it. Five, life is like being in the boxing ring.  Under the lights you will throw and receive punches and down you may go, down on your knees and you will have to find the steel within your soul. So you can get up and continue dancing under those lights. Fiat lacks, let there be light. The road we have traveled, el camino que hemos recorrido. This road has been illuminated by light, knowledge and truth. Am I still overwhelmed with emotions today as I'm talking to you? Yes, I am and nervous too. I wish you the best on your future endeavors and please never forget that we all come from the same place and we are all going on the same direction. Fiat lacks, thank you. I don't know what to say, I'm lost for words. That was very powerful. Thank you Dr. Cue for the video, the work you do and yeah, for being an inspiration to all of us. Let's give him another round of applause. Next we have two graduates who will be sharing some words with us. I am happy to introduce my first femtor as a transfer undocumented student to UC Berkeley and the dear friend Erica Castiano. Erica is a first gen undocumented student, major in sociology and minor in anthropology. She's an active member of her community on and off the campus. As an undocumented scholar, Castiano was a Marco Antonio Firebarg, an undocumented research cohort, a sociology honor thesis member. Currently she focuses on the economic hardship during the COVID-19 faced by undocumented Yucatan, Mayan diaspora in the Bay Area. Erica received the Slobben Scholarship and the Chicana Latina Foundation Scholarship. She was also awarded the California Legislative Assembly Certificate in recognition and the State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition in 2013 and a Community Leadership Award in 2016 for involvement in the Undocumented Common Resource Center at Berkeley City College. Some of her non-academic interests are the Latte Award, Art and Salo Music. Her dream is to obtain her PhD in Sociology so she can work alongside her femtor, Dr. McAllister. Good afternoon Erica. Oh my God, well, this is really fun and at the same time kind of sad because I'm finishing my life here at Berkeley but I'm so looking forward to, okay, well, hello everyone, welcome students, my loved ones, friends, mentors, allies. I'm sorry for my voice but I was parting too hard and I lost my voice so I'm so sorry. I tried to think that I have a sexy voice but my brother just told me that my voice is like a, I don't know if you saw this Selma from The Imperators, I don't know, Imperators, that movie, you know that, right? She told me that, she told me that I sound like that so anyways, that's okay. I'm fine. Well, I didn't know that Berkeley exists. That was like, never heard about it. My husband Ignacio and I came to Berkeley one day because I was looking for a job. I honestly love the campus, it was so beautiful. All the students look so bright and they have the things together. Everybody wearing their beautiful like gold t-shirts and everything, like wow, this is awesome. Maybe I come, because I'm undocumented, like maybe I can find a job as a janitor, you know, like that's what I was aspiring to. But when we crossed the Saturday gate, my husband told me, Erika, you're gonna be a Cal student. I thank him dearly, but inside me like, ha, keep dreaming.  I believe for decades that that could be impossible, but my husband loved me and trust me, love you. Before migraine to the US, my life was a mess.  And as a result, I still have scars and my hair hasn't grown yet. Unfortunately, my family didn't understand what was happening, so they responded according to their generational trauma. When I was 16, I had to drop out of school because there was no money to continue with my education. At the age of 18, I was confused all alone, so I started drinking. And honestly, my friends or my clients, they just talked to me because, you know, I was paying for the drinks, so it was fine. I knew I wanted a new life, but I didn't know what to do. And the only thing I thought about it was ending it. There was no opportunity for me in this world. Luckily, I was unsuccessful. And I told myself that maybe that was a sign that was a wake-up sign for me. But little I knew that my new chapter in life could be a stateless human as I'm undocumented. A couple months after that, some of my family acquiesces, I don't want to even call them family because family don't treat like that to your loved ones. They offered me to come to the US to work. They told me, I'm going to give you $1,000 if you come to work for six months. For me, $1,000 in that moment, I was like, I'm going to be rich, you know? Like, yes, let's take that money. But I had to take that opportunity. Maybe that was a change that I was looking for. So I came to the US, but before I had to leave my family in Mexico. I remember when my dad just passed away a year ago and he hugged me and told me, I'm not going to see you again, right? And I told him, maybe. Well, I didn't see him again, he died last year. And I couldn't hug him and I still remember when he hugged me and told me that I won't see him. It was like a premonition. Maybe he knew that what was happening. I crossed the border in July 2016 with $300 in my bag. I remember that the people who crossed me told me, you know what, I don't have any money. Can you please give me those $300? And I was so naive. I said, yeah, of course, give me the money if you need it, take it. But after that moment, I knew that I was in their hands. I knew that they had control over my life. But the worst thing is that when I got to their place is that they hid my papers and they also told me they started treating me as a peasant, as a servant to the point that one of my aunties told their friends, isn't good to have servants. And I just bowed my head. I said, what can I do? Like just continue living, continue surviving. However, life wasn't that bad because in that moment I met my husband Ignacio. And he gave me hope. And most importantly, he loved me beside my scars, beside everything that I was living. But I needed to move on. I needed to find a job and continue fighting. What we did is we moved together. But after that, the second step was finding a job. We were close to be homeless. And I don't remember those moments like a bad moment. It was an encouragement, like a new beginning for me. So finding a job was crucial. And not having a perfect English, having a heavy accent was really difficult. But I also wanted to study. I wanted to take English classes because I wanted to be a cashier. That was my goal when I started taking English classes. Because I work in the back of the house and I said, no, I want to be a cashier. That's gonna be my goal. I'm gonna be a cashier. Of course, I'm going to help people and everything. But little I knew that life could push me to study.  And sometimes people confuse that. They said, well, you don't speak English, but you're stupid, like that's not true. I'm a smart in two languages. And I noticed that my boss, and she's a Mexican woman was stealing my jobs, my tips. And the worst thing is that my coworkers are Mayan and undocumented Mayan migrants. And I noticed that she was stealing and I said, you know what, you're stealing the tips. And I tried to confront her and I told the supervisor and he was like, you know what, your English is so bad. Just talk to her and she can translate that to me. And I'm like, are you kidding? Like, well, this is on. I'm going to learn English. So I started taking English classes, like credit English classes. My proudest moment is when I report her and she was fired. That was my proudest moment. I said, it's worth it. What I'm doing is worth it. Thank you. So because of my lack of status, I had to continue working. So I worked from three to 11 and then I took classes from nine a.m. to noon. It was really difficult, but I love it. I mean, it was a dream come true. I continued study and even though I had back injuries, I returned to school, nothing good to stop me. And then in my career as an undergrad at Berkeley City College, I took a sociology class. And I said, this is my path, you know? I met an amazing professor, Dr. Linda McAllister. I love you. I know you're watching this, I love you so much. And she told, and I saw my friend, she graduated as a valedictorian.  I totally want to wear that.  And she's like, the what? I'm like, you know, that fancy robe and that pointy hat?  Like, yeah, that. I want to do that. And she's like, yeah, you're going to do it. So she started helping me with my application. She provided all the cultural capital that I didn't have. And also I was a member of the Style Hall. I met my best friends there. I met Pancho, Elizabeth, all the Fernando who's here. I met a lot of my friends. And I am so proud to be a Style Hall member. So one day when they gave the opening, they said, you know what, I got accepted. And I was like, yes, I'm going to be a student. But also I needed to continue working, right? But for me, it was such an amazing moment. Because even though that was part of the undocumented student life, there were more challenges than I thought. But I had to continue studying. But I'm not going to lie. When every time that I step into the campus, I was like, I'm a student. I'm a Berkeley student. You know, it's such an honor to be here. And I even don't remember seeing that result. This tree is beautiful. This tree is beautiful as well. Everything was beautiful for me. Like, this is a dream come true.  And for me, my husband got sick. And I had to drop out of school after the semester. I was lucky to request a USP grant. And that's why I was able to finish the semester. But I had to drop out. I was devastated because my worst dream came true. I had to drop out. And I felt like a failure, even though it wasn't my fault. And I remember I asked Liliana, I'm going to return to school, right? And she said, yes, and I'm here. And I also asked one sociology professor that I appreciate so much. He teaches theory. And I told him, am I going to return? And he's like, yeah, I'm looking forward to teaching 102 to you. And I said, well, I'm going to return. And my husband told me, yes, you are going to return one day. But what was weird about that is that there was a legislation that started that day, that year, that with all the community college classes and everything you had studied, you can qualify as an AB 540. But I had to study high school. So I had to return to high school to be able to qualify as an AB 540 student. What I did is I finished my high school in four months. And I returned in fall 2019. That was awesome for me. I saw my friends. They congratulated me. And they welcomed me. And I think that my time at Cal has been a dream. Because I remember I saw the professor. And he said, he's kind of snarky and has some, you know, he's British. And he's like, what are you doing here? And I told him, I'm going to ace your class. And I did. I ace his class. So I was like, why are you like, I'm going to ace it. So right now, I don't know what to tell you more than, you are amazing and I love you. All the efforts that you have done, it's lasted here. I love you so much. And I can't wait to see what your life comes. Besides all the problems, I work every day on campus. And I feel privileged. I feel like a Berkeley student. I'm fortunate to know wonderful community members. And I wouldn't be here without all the love and support of my husband, my family, my in-laws, my chosen family, and in particularly to Lily, to Meng, to Dr. Barrios, to Valeria, to all of you. I wouldn't be here without you. My effort is not only my effort, it's also yours. My dear fellow grad students, my best wishes to you. I invite you to use what you're learning in your classes to uplift the community. Don't let anyone to tell you that you cannot do it. Papers are not going to define you. And I know you are stronger than not a lot of people think. I invite you to use what you learn to change the world, speak up against racism, anti-indigenous sentiments, against anti-blackness, against white supremacy. That's what you need to use your knowledge. I'm incredibly proud of you. And I can't wait to see you shining.  I love you so much. Lastly, my name is Erika Castaño. I'm a 41-year-old woman, a high school dropout, a returning student, an undocumented and legally blind person who graduated as an honor student in sociology with a minor in anthropology. This also for my dad, who is in heaven, celebrating my graduation, for Sarayu's champion. Love you all. That was a phenomenal speech. Let's give another round of applause. Yeah, just thinking about it, mentors, pet loved ones, they do make our experience here at Berkeley, for sure, for sure. Living testament of it as well. And that's besides the point. All right, next we will invite Alexis Aguilar to the stage. Let me give a brief introduction for Alexis. Alexis is a first-generation undocumented student graduating from Berkeley with a degree in conservation and resource studies. At the age of seven, Alexis immigrated to the United States from Michoacan, Mexico in search of a better life. Sorry, sorry. I'm sorry. Let's give a warm welcome to Alexis Aguilar. Erika, you made all of us in here tear up. I know that your dad is in heaven right now and he is giving you the biggest smile. And I just want to let you all know that I love you so much. And there's one thing you should know about Erika is that she is a resource. She is always on Instagram reposting resources for undocumented students. So thank you for that. Throughout computer lab in grade school, while my classmates played cool math games or went on fun brain, I would use this time to go on to Google Earth. I recollect my stubby seven-year-old fingers typing on to Google Math, Google Maps, Paraguay, Michoacan. Staring at the screen set up on street view mode, I virtually strolled the streets of my hometown, attempting to memorize the entire geographic layout depicted by a pixelated screen. More often than not, I would close my eyes and envision myself right at that same plaza where I left my heart. Every night I prayed that I would dream of being back in that town I once called home, even if these dreams were testified in nightmares. As undocumented folks, we are often reminded of the tenacity bestowed in the core of our resilience. We're constantly told that our power is rooted in the death or silence, that we are not defined by whatever category society places us in, that we are worth more than the unfitting dehumanizing stereotypes, not indicative of our other intellectual and personal capabilities. We become emboldened in fighting and navigating a system built in the core of exclusion, racism and xenophobia. Learning to be resilient while persisting in the face of fear and exclusion have all become integral aspects in our daily reminder of what it constantly feels like being on survival mode. But no one ever talks about how exhausting it is to constantly keep being resilient.  And I know that this same narrative resonates with you. For a great portion of our lives, we were trained to remain complacent with a predisposed path for ourselves. We were forced to set limitations on our aspirations and accept that the life we've envisioned for ourselves would be one out of a realm. Despite it all, we still dared ourselves to dream. This ability to dream beyond the systems and barriers in place has come along with refusing. We've refused conforming to the status quo. We've neglected accepting that we too would become another statistic rooted in a system that prohibits the mobility of undocumented folks. Now here we are, graduating from the number one public university, but at what cost? Ironically, we're made to feel privileged for receiving a quality education as if access to a higher education shouldn't be afforded to every single human being regardless of their status. Even more ironically, we are somehow made to feel lucky for this milestone as if the disillusionment, exhaustion, isolation, and imposter syndrome didn't plague our existence throughout the course of our educational trajectory. What we should feel grateful for, however, is graduating from an institution that didn't just hand us a diploma, but a sword.  You can choose to fight for your own personal objective or that of a higher cause. As products of the other, fighting for something bigger than oneself is a victory to breaking down every ceiling and every wall of injustice. We have formed part of an institution filled with unapologetic minds who have taught us the necessity of questioning structures of power, the cruciality of demanding more than simply mediocre resources for undocumented students. Most importantly, we form part of a community who teaches us that when one wins, we all win. In the midst of embarking onto new journeys in our lives, I ask you that you carry these learnings with you and that you valorize them in every community that you serve. Undoubtedly, we have gone through life being second-guest, questioned and overlooked simply because of our identities. Inevitably, even with a degree from Berkeley, this won't be the last time. As immigrants, someone will always find a way to delegitimize your aptitude and competence, relegating our livelihoods into a subclass of human existence. In such moments, let us reaffirm ourselves that tenacity bestowed in the depths of our voice. And should our voice be stifled, let us shout louder. And should we be suppressed, let us resist because still we rise. Thank you. Thank you, Alexis, for your powerful words. And now, the moment that we've all been waiting for, drum roll, please. Let me hear you make some noise. I need the noise to be louder, please. Let's go. It's the class of 2022 and their loved ones walking with them to line up by the stage. In a moment, each graduate will be walk across the stage with their loved ones, and they'll each get 30 seconds to share some words with us. Oh, I look forward to this. I really do. Let us give them another round of applause, y'all. While our graduates line up, we would like to invite a very dear staff member to the stage to read our graduates' names. USP psychologist Dr. Bianca Barrios. We will shortly begin our graduate procession. Griselda Vega-Martínez, Legal Studies and Public Policy. For this, I sent the link to my mom, so hopefully she's watching, but if she's not, it's okay. Um, but more, if you're watching this, I love you so much. My dad is not watching, but thank you very much for your efforts. I would be here if it weren't for you. And, of course, also for the friendship that you've made here. Although I just want to say, acquaintances, like, I really, really appreciate everyone here that I've gotten to meet throughout my journey here. So I really appreciate it. Stephanie Rodriguez, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. I just want to thank y'all so much that I've received throughout my undergraduate career. My friends, my family, my partner, my therapist Bianca has given me so many tools to survive this institution. So to my family who couldn't be here and my friends who couldn't be here, I love y'all so much and thank y'all. Lizzy Belinda Hernandez-Tiburcio, Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies and a minor in Spanish. We're watching, Hola Mami, Hola Papi. Les quiero dedicar esto y muchas gracias por amarme and all my homies and friends for showing me love and care y viva Oaxaca. Alexis Aguilar, Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Resource Studies. Undoc you baddies, make some noise. Mami, te quiero muchísimo gracias por todo tu apoyo, eres lo máximo. Fang Zhao, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. I just want to say thank you to all my friends who supported me and thank you for my amazing therapist Bianca. Okay, thank you. Ximena Ojeda, Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and a History minor. No sé si mis papás están viendo pero le manda el link. Esto es para ustedes muchas gracias por todo su apoyo, su amor. All of my friends here and those who aren't here, thank you so much. I couldn't have done it without you guys. Yongbin Chan, your doctorate. Thank you all so much. There's so many people to thank but thank you to my best friends here, Thomas and Andris, my partner who couldn't make it, Stephanie, to my mom and dad who's watching Omapa and to everyone else into my therapist, of course. Thank you all so much for being here. Thali Avila, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. So I'm obviously walking the stage alone but not in spirit. I have great friends and a partner over there and my mom is watching back home and my friends also and I couldn't have done it without any of them, so thank you. Cristina Acosta Navarro, Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies and Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Resource Studies. Hi everyone. Gracias a mi mami. I think she's watching the live stream. Te quiero mucho. Este labor es para ti. Gracias por todo tu apoyo y todas las regañadas. Thank you to all my friends. I couldn't have done it without you.  Hilary Medell, Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Science. Muchas gracias a todos mis amigos y a todas las personas que me han apoyado. This is for us. This is for everybody that's going to come after me. We did this. We got this. We're going to do great things. Thank you. Daniela Amador, Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies. Power to all this place, people who have paved the way for me and to all the folks that have helped me with so much tenderness and have allowed me to walk in my own feet. Thank you. Itzel Calvo Medina, Master's in Education. These are my parents, Lorena and Antonio Calvo and I would literally not be here because they made me cross the border over here. But thank you so much. Los quiero mucho a todos estos por ustedes and I just want to thank USP, All Your Emergency Grant, literally got me through Berkeley. My therapist as well, thank you. And my partner who's sitting in the crowd and all the homies watching out there. I love you all. Thank you so much. Fabián Zuniga Villa, Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies. I just want to thank my family, my mom, my therapist, my friends. And I want to thank myself for pushing myself forward and now giving up. Thank you. Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Quiero dar las gracias a mi familia, mis papás, a mis hermanos, a mis primos, a mis tíos, a todos mis amigos, to all my friends, to all the scholarship donors and to everyone who helped me be here and to everyone who paved the way and made it easier and possible for me to be here. Muchas gracias y este es nuestro logro y a felicitar y pues mucho gusto, gracias. Yendi Rebollo, Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies. This is my best friend Jackie and her mom. Unfortunately, I'm an independent student so my parents wouldn't be here but I'd like to thank all my homies that are watching it from the link in the east coast who couldn't be here. I'd like to thank Jackie, Bianca for being my therapist for a while and because I couldn't do it without her at one point and everybody in the USP as well as the Undocumented Community Council and Fireball, thank you. Alejandro Pelcastre Ramirez, Masters of Information and Data Science. Thank you everyone. I want to give a special thank you to Liliana and Diana Peña for being the love that I needed here in this institution for the past six, almost seven years. So thank you very much y a mis padres un gran gracias y ya se que no lo digo suficiente pero los quiero muchísimo un chingón y solo lo sé, sé aquí por ustedes, gracias. Fernando Vallejo, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with honors. Hoy es un día bien especial y le quiero dar todas las gracias a mi madre Mónica mi padre Santiago. Today is one of those days where everyone who's graduating everyone's going to tell you that they're proud of you but on the contrary I'm very proud of my parents for having done everything they needed to do to ensure that I got to this level and overcame the barriers that I did. Gracias a todos. Arla Herrera, Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Linguistics and Bilingualism Minor in Education. This is my brother. He's always been there to support me so I wanted to bring him here with me on the stage. Hola mami, hola papi. Los quiero mucho and this is for South Central. Unice Elizabeth Paredes Samudio Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Portuguese. Five Beta Kappa, Haas Scholar, Fireball and Surf. Viva el Roble Mas Atlanzin Aloha, Mexico. I'm very grateful for being here. I'm very grateful because my mother is with me and also I'm very grateful because I have two dreamers.  Figueroa Engineer, Aerospace Science Engineer for UC Davis. And also I have my daughter here. She's done at Meals College and the Bachelor of Degree for my daughter is Public Health. This is my time. This is my dream come true and I'm very grateful for this invitation and also, estoy muy agradecida por cada uno de los maestros. Este logro es por ustedes porque ustedes me dieron esta oportunidad. Gracias por abrir esta puerta. Mi sueño todas las veces que yo pasaba my dream all the time when I passed here I said, oh, one day, one day I'll be there. And thank you so much because this is the last day. And this is my last graduation. This is the last graduation. I had four graduations. Y para terminar, quiero darle las gracias al señor Bob Haas, a su esposa Kaleen por este dream, este dream because I'm part of Haas Scholar. Thank you, señora Lea, por estar aquí por acompañarnos, señora Lea. Muchas gracias and thank you every single one. Muchas gracias, profesor, doctora. Muchas gracias por estar aquí. Y mi hermano, mis hermanas que vienen y mi hijo de París y toda mi familia. Gracias. Viva México. Nan Soto Asavedo, Bachelor of Arts in Chicana, Chicano Studies. Hola a todos. Le quiero dar las gracias a todos mis primas, tíos, tías, abuelos, abuelas que dejen, que dejen México. Nomás tengo mi familia aquí inmediatamente y ellos no pudieron estar aquí hoy por otra graduación con mi hermana pero les agradezco cada día y si miran este livestream este título se los dedico a ustedes. No estaría aquí sin ustedes. Los mantengo en mi mente cada día y gracias a la colectiva de mujeres que gracias a su apoyo pude hacer mi research y me pudo hablar con honores gracias a ustedes y se los dedico a toda esa comunidad que es invisible y que hasta la fecha nos faltan muchas progresiones y mucha injusticia. Entonces, se los agradezco a todos a ustedes aquí que están aquí conmigo no los conozco pero se los agradezco y que tengan bonito día. María Duran, Master of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Well, congratulations to each and every one of you. It is a true privilege to be with you guys today. It kind of makes the whole thing very real for me. I did forget my pointy hat today so I apologize. The person that I brought with me today is my sister. Thank you for being with me throughout my whole life and being my best friend. Thank you mommy, thank you papi, mis hermanos. Saludos a mi familia de Mexico. Los amo, los extraño. Un día volveré a abrazarlos y estar con ustedes. Thank you Jessica, shout out to her because without her I would not be able to go through this past year. So thank you, thank you everyone. Congratulations! Erika Castaño, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. What can I say just, I love you. I love my family and my friends who are witnessing this. Los amo mucho y a pesar de que no los hemos visto en 15 años los amo. Gracias a mis amigos que están viendo a todo mundo. Gracias por estar aquí por su apoyo. And thank you dad because you are in heaven and you are watching. Fuerzas rayos campeón. Besos! David Luna Cruz, Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare. Once again congratulations to all the graduates. I can't believe I'm up here. I feel extremely grateful. Gracias a mi papá. Gracias a mis dos canales y a ma. Aunque me regañas y me gritas. Eres la mujer que más quiero en este mundo. Si no fuera por ti, aquí no estuviera. Te quiero mucho. Y Rodríguez Fuentes, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences. I'd like to start off by thanking my mom, my brother and my sister who's hopefully watching on the live stream for all their support, all their love, all their sacrifices that allowed me to be here on the stage today. And I'd also like to thank all of my friends that are here today and that couldn't make it for all their love, all their care and my community that I made here today and my chosen family. I really couldn't have been here without y'all. I love you all so much and you guys have a very special place in my heart. And congrats to all the graduates. I really told you this was the part I was waiting for because I was in tears. Graduates, your speeches were so amazing. I lost words. And let us give another round for our graduates. Shit does fall down. Sorry, sorry. I didn't know I said that all along. Alright, we have come to the end of our ceremony. Thank you all for your support that you have provided for these graduates throughout their time at Berkeley. And today we celebrate the class of 2022. Congratulations to their loved ones and their community. Congratulations to all of you. I would also like to thank the Undock Grad Committee, RISE, USP, and the University Development and Alumni Relations for putting this celebration together. Can we get a round of applause for them all? Hard work brings true joy, everyone. Hard work brings true joy. In a few minutes, we will transition to the reception. Please join us for food, beverage, and good company. Like me? For the rest of the time together. I don't know about him, but yes. Congratulations again, graduates. And let's all celebrate.


Good morning everyone, this is Dr. Swami Aranjan from Goa Medical College and today I am presenting a case report on thrombosis of azygous anterior cerebral artery. Introduction. Azygous anterior cerebral artery is a rare variant of the circle of villus where two A1 segments of the anterior cerebral artery will combine to form a single and medium vessel near the origin of the normal anterior communicating artery. The single anterior cerebral artery in the midline serves as the common blood supply to the medial hemispheres. Occlusion of the azygous anterior cerebral artery therefore can cause spice hemispheric and corpus callus infarcts. History. My case is a 68 years old male presented to the emergency room with acute onset of right upper and lower limb weakness as well as slowness of speech for one day. Patient was a known case of hypertension and chronic kidney disease. He was a chronic alcoholic and had stopped four years ago. No history of trauma was noted. No headache, vomiting, fever or decreased urine output noted. On examination, patient was a febrile, a pulse rate of 80 beats per minute and a BP of 160 by 90 mmHg were recorded. The heart sounds were normal and the lungs were clear. The abdomen was soft and non-tender. Neurological examination revealed decreased verbal output. Tone was increased and great zero power was noted in the right upper and lower limbs. Planta reflexes were up going on the right side. Soon after admission, patient developed weakness of the left upper and lower limbs and had one episode of left sided focal tunic seizure. Neurological examination showed increased tone and great zero power in all four limbs. Planta reflexes were up going on both sides. The laboratory data was as follows. The hemoglobin was 13.1 gram per deciliter, hematocrit was 37.2% and a total ecocide count was 4.36 lakhs. Serum creatinine level was 7 mg per deciliter and serum urea level was 119 mg per deciliter. Rest of the laboratory parameters were normal. CT was ordered at the casualty level and picked up cortical atrophy. No other pathology could be identified. Further evaluation with MRI revealed, on T2 weighted images, image A shows hyperintensity involving the bilateral paramedic frontal parietal regions on axial sections. Image B shows hyperintensity seen further involving the corpus callus on coronal sections. Flare sequences show T2 hyperintense lesions appearing hyperintense on flare sequences also. DWIN ADC sequences revealed areas of high signal noted in bilateral frontal parietal regions and the rostrum and genu of the corpus callus with corresponding low signal areas on ADC sequences which are shown in the red arrow. 3D time of flight sequences revealed two A1 segments of the anterior cerebral artery combining to form a single midline vessel near the origin of the normal anterior communicating artery which is not seen to continue into the hyperital region suspicious for thrombosis. Discussion Normally, the anterior cerebral arteries arise from bifurcation of the internal carotid arteries on either side and cross the anterior perforating substance. At this point, they interconnect with the anterior communicating artery. This anomaly resembles the lower privates where there is no anterior communicating artery and A1 segments of both anterior cerebral arteries fuse to form an azycos artery. The anterior communicating artery is absent or hyperplastic in this anomaly. The incidence of this anomaly is approximately 0.3 to 1%. The clinical significance of azygos anterior cerebral artery is the alteration of arterial hemodynamics of the frontal lobe and increased incidence of malformations like agenesis of corpus callusum, heightened calfile, sacular aneurysms or AV malformations. These are my references. Thank you for your time.


So something I want to tell you about something.  It's really interesting. And so it's something that I think Everybody should know now. I'm going to limit just to angiosperms, which is the fancy way of saying plants with flowers So we've got a plant with flower up here And some of you may know that all of the sexual organs of the flowering plants are located inside the flower So that green vase looking structure in the middle that's called the carpal tissue And that's the female bits on the outside of that you can see a sort of cotton bud looking stalk That's the male bits labeled here is the filament. It's actually called the stamen and at the end of the stamen You find the structure called the antler The antler contains even more specialized structures inside and those structures make pollen This plant that flower Cannot make sperm It makes pollen and pollen makes sperm pollen is Individual it is distinct and is completely separate from the flowering plant. It is a new plant It is not a plant that will grow leaves or flowers or anything else of its own But from a botanical point of view from a technical point of view pollen is a plant On the female side we can go up to the carpal tissue and inside the carpal tissue You have this structure called the ovary and inside the ovary you have the ovules the ovules are like the pollen They are a distinct an individual plant technically Now there's a lot of stuff going on inside the ovule you don't need to worry about most of those labels What you do need to know worry about is down the bottom You can see the egg and in the middle of the of the ovule you can see two red dots Called the polar nuclei the polar nuclei like dud eggs. They didn't quite make it But they are very very useful But this highlights a problem. We have an egg inside an ovule inside an ovary inside a carpal tissue inside a flower and We have a we have sperm inside pollen on a different flower somewhere else How on earth do plants have sex? Well, it's actually really really important that we understand this and the way that it works is that the pollen is more than just a grain of pollen Inside it there are three cells two of them a sperm and one of them is called a tube cell and When an insect or a bird or you walking through a field brush the pollen onto adjacent plants The pollen itself will sit on that carpal tissue and the tube still start to grow and grow and grow and burrow deeper into that Carpal tissue. We're not really sure how but we think it's driven by plant hormones And as it does that it eventually finds the ovule and as it finds the ovule it scoops up underneath the ovule and Breaks into it breaks into the ovule itself and delivers the two sperm directly inside the ovule The first one hits the egg and you get the embryo you get a baby plant out of that The second sperm is not there as a backup It has a very very important job its job is to find the two dud eggs in the middle and hybridized fused together and become endosperm Was it which is a fancy botanical way of saying plant food? That embryo then sits in the end of sperm and it sits there and it grows just a little bit And it needs the end of sperm there to germinate once it gets under the right conditions to become a plant again The outside of the ovule hardens and becomes a seed But now we're still stuck in this problem the seed We've got a baby plant but the seed is inside the carpal tissue inside the flower Perhaps at the top of a tree. How do we get a new plant? Well, the flower can die in the sea the seed can fall to the ground The the flower itself might actually explode its carpal tissue shooting seeds everywhere Or in fact that carpal tissue might fatten with sugars and become fruit and so the seed can be dispersed That seed will eventually germinate and become start becoming a new plant and that's how plants have sex Now why have I wasted three and a half minutes of my Ted talk talking about how plants have sex when really I should have been talking about you know, Ted Well, the importance for this for me is that understanding how plants have sex Under makes helps you understand a whole range of things genetics genetically modified foods huge Geo and political situations on ha for exactly for for example Exactly how we're gonna feed everybody on this planet if you understand how plants have sex That helps all of those helps you understand all of those things helps bring up your basic level of science literacy I think it's part of the collection of stuff you should know So I'm starting a project. It's gonna start with a website There are a couple of the things that I've got in development as well And it's called stuff people should know and what I'm doing is I'm contacting scientists and science communicators and asking them to Tell a story. I don't want to invent a new wikipedia What I want to do is connect the passion of a scientist for his subject or her subject To that page that wikipedia page of facts So you get the passion of that story to help convey that message Traditional media does not do a good job of telling science stories But I think if you can connect the passion to a subject then that will do a much better job of talking about these sorts of ideas In the time I have left. I just want to leave you with one thing when I've been reaching out for people to contribute content I've been asking them to think about a situation and that situation is this if a person were to come up to you and ask What is the most interesting or important thing that you know? What would you tell them? If you can work that out I want you to write it down I want you to send it to me because I want to help you tell that story Thank you


Good day everybody. Dr. Sanjay Sanyal, professor of department chair. So this is supine cadaver. We're demonstrating the right side of the neck I'm standing on the right side. The camera person is on the right side This is going to be a demonstration of the cervical facial veins So we have completely dissected out the right side of the neck and the face. Let's take out this vein here This is the facial vein which forms on the Middle canthus of the eye by the combination of the supra orbital and the supra trochlear veins and it descends down And this is accompanied by the facial artery here at the border of the mandible you can see it is receiving this Communication this is a submental vein and then the facial vein is descending down It is going just lateral to this big gland here This is an enlarged submandible or salivary gland and here we can see it is opening into the internal juggler vein on The right side and it's also opening into the internal juggler vein by yet another communication And if I were to lift this up we can see that it is receiving a communication from the lingual vein Communication with the lingual vein is a well-described entity Normally the facial vein as described in the textbooks is supposed to unite with the anterior division of the retromandibular vein To form the common facial vein, but in this case we see that there is no anterior division of the retromandibular vein So therefore the facial vein is directly opening into the internal juggler vein But it does communicate with the lingual vein and it is also got a separate opening into the internal juggler vein Again as per the textbook descriptions the facial vein often has a communication with the anterior juggler vein But here we can see there is no communication with anterior juggler vein. So this is the facial vein I would like to draw your attention to this communication from the facial vein Which I have lifted up here and we can see the communication is going deep inside the intratemporal fossa This is known as the deep facial vein and this deep facial vein communicates with the pterigoid venous plexus and pterigoid venous plexus then communicates by means of evolutionary veins with the cavernous sinus So this can be a root of spread of infection from this region of the face to the cavernous sinus producing cavernous sinus thrombosis So therefore this region of the face is described as the danger triangle of the face This is a pictorial representation of the danger triangle of face by which facial vein can communicate with the cavernous sinus Now let's shift our focus to this vein here under the chain. We can see these veins These are the sub-mental veins these sub-mental veins unite to form what is known as the anterior juggler vein And we can see the anterior juggler vein on the right side and as I mentioned a little while back It also gives a communication which opens into the actual vein Same thing will happen on the other side and we can see anterior juggler vein is formed on the left side also The two side anterior juggler veins They descend down on either side of the neck and this is located in the superficial fascia which we have removed This is the sternum hyoid muscle so it is located superficial to the sternum hyoid muscle and in this particular case We can see that this vein is thrombosed while this vein is also partially thrombosed the two anterior juggler veins They descend down in the anterior cervical region in the Omo trachea triangle or the muscular triangle in the suprasternal space of burns which is the juggler notch We can see that the two anterior juggler veins is giving a communication here And if you zoom the camera closely you can see this communication. It's a form of an arch This is called the juggler venous arch This juggler venous arch is located in the juggler notch And it is located between the two layers of the investing layer of deep cervical fascia Which attach to the anterior and posterior margins of the maribyrum sternum And this juggler venous arch is located in this facial space Which is known as the suprasternal space of burns and thereafter we can see that one vein is going towards the right side and one vein is going towards the left side This is the continuation of the anterior juggler vein proper on the right side This is the continuation of the anterior juggler vein on the left side And this anterior juggler vein then crosses over like this and it opens into the external juggler vein And we can see this opening here in the external juggler vein As I mentioned a little while back anterior juggler vein quite often has a communication with the facial vein But in this case on the right side, there is no communication left side We have not completely dissected out yet that brings me to the external juggler vein itself So for that we will shift our focus to the lateral cervical region just to bring up to speed This is the cut portion of the right sternocleidomastoid This other portion of the sternocleidomastoid and we can see a vein running on the surface of the right sternocleidomastoid This vein is continuation of the retromandibular vein. How has this retromandibular vein formed? Let's lift up the parotid gland and once we lift up the parotid gland, we can see two veins are uniting here One is this one and the other is this one This is the superficial temporal vein The superficial temporal vein runs from the temporal region of the scalp in this particular cadaver the temporal region Superficial temporal veins are highly thrombosed It runs through the parotid gland and then it meets with this other vein Which is the maxillary vein Maxillary vein drains the tericoid venous plexus and these two veins then unite inside the parotid gland and we can see that uniting and It forms the retromandibular vein Why is this called the retromandibular vein because it runs behind the ramus of the mandible and once it comes out of the parotid gland ideally This retromandibular vein is supposed to divide into an anterior division and a posterior division in this cadaver We can notice that it is not dividing at all Instead the whole retromandibular vein is continuing posteriorly As I mentioned a little while back the anterior division is supposed to unite with the facial vein to form the common facial vein But here there is no division and therefore there is no union So this whole vein is continuing the posterior division of the retromandibular vein is supposed to unite with the posterior Auricular vein to form the external jugular vein But here again we can see that there is no such communication Instead the whole retromandibular vein itself is continuing and is becoming known as the external jugular vein The external jugular vein is called external jugular because it runs on the surface of the sternocleidomastoid and we can see it is running here This is the other end of the cut portion because it is highly thrombosed and it continues down It becomes known as external jugular vein here and it opens into the subclavian vein Very close to its termination Which is the venous angle and we can see that opening here So this is the termination of the external jugular vein External jugular vein near its termination Receives three tributaries one tributary. I mentioned a little while back. That is the anterior jugular vein This is the cut portion. It continues and opens here The second tributary is this one here This is transverse cervical vein which is opening into the external jugular vein and the third tributary is this one here This is the supra scapular vein and we can see the supra scapular vein is running with the supra scapular artery and the supra scapular nerve And it goes towards the scapular notch So these are the three tributaries of the external jugular vein now Let's mention a few clinical correlations of all these cervical facial veins. So we have described the facial vein We have described the anterior jugular vein. We have described the external jugular vein These veins are notorious for variations and Bergman has comprehensively Illustrated all the possible variations of these cervical facial veins and we also have noticed quite a few variations in this particular Dissection this external jugular vein as it runs on the surface of the sternocleomastoid Can get injured from a superficial injury of the neck and because it runs vertically down and it opens into the subclavian vein This vein can produce air embolism a virtue of what is known as Bernoulli's principle And also by virtue of the fact that as it runs on the surface of the sternocleomastoid It pierces the investing layer of deep cervical fascia and in that position It is attached to the margins of the deep fascia and therefore it cannot collapse So therefore air can be sucked inside. So that is with respect to the external jugular vein These cervical facial veins can get encouraged when there's a thoracic Inlets in Rome that is then there's an obstruction of thoracic inlet these cervical facial veins are used for intravenous Mungture and intravenous hyperalimentation and these cervical facial veins can also be used as a conduit for Autogenous graft in carotid angioplasty in this connection I would like to mention that the facial vein when it opens into the internal jugular vein It is very close to the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, which is located just behind here So therefore if we need to take a piece of the vein for Autogenous graft We can do it in the same surgical sitting without any extra maneuvers So these are some of the points about the cervical facial veins Anatomical variations and their clinical correlations. Thank you very much for watching. Dr. Sanjay Sanyal signing out Mr. Kendall Kambrabatch is the camera person. If you have any questions or comments, please put them in the comment section below Have a nice day


Want the story? My name is Jericho Brown, and I am the author of The Tradition. My bookmark is The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike, which I think is really hilarious. But when I was a kid, this movie came out and it had Cher and Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson. And it was called The Witches of Eastwick. And when we went to the movie theater, my mom and dad wouldn't let me and my sister go see it. We had to go to a different theater and see a different movie. And I was confounded for two reasons. One, it had Cher. And two, it was about witches. Certainly it was for me. So when I was a kid, I was the kind of nerd that spent a lot of time in libraries. And I came across this book on the shelf and it said The Witches of Eastwick.  And I opened the book anywhere and I saw the word genitals. And I was a smart kid so I knew that if I didn't know a word, I had to go look it up. So I went to the very big dictionary that was in the center of the library. And I started turning pages until I got to the word genitals. And this is how I learned the word genitals. So I ran back to where the book was and when I tell you, I mean I must have been eight or nine, I read it from cover to cover. So everything I knew about sex, I was learning from this book. So later, like much later, maybe 20 years later, I met John Updike. And the wonderful thing about that meeting was that I could go up to him and say, you know, my dad never had that talk with me, but everything I needed to know about sex education I got from you. And he looked at me and he said, you know, I think this is the best story I've ever heard about any one of my books. Thank you so much. Jericho Brown won the National Book Award for his first book of poems called Please. His Boy's Guide to Sex was The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike. Bookmarks are brought to you by to the best of our knowledge. And you'll find more bookmarks plus an interview with Jericho Brown at ttbook.org slash bookmarks.