inspiration in her hearing. take a listen to this moment when she talked about her first year at harvard and that experience. >> i am from miami, florida. boston is very cold. it was -- it was rough. it was different from anything i'd known. i was really questioning, do i belong here? can i -- can i make it in this environment? and i was walking through the yard in the evening, and a black woman i did not know was passing me on the sidewalk, and she looked at me and i guess she knew how i was feeling. and she leaned over, as we crossed and said, persevere.