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From YouTube: New England Culinary Arts Training Graduation Keynote
Description
NECAT anticipates graduating 23 students and placing them into employment in good paying culinary jobs with benefits and opportunity for career advancement. Some of these individuals are returning citizens, in recovery for substance abuse, homeless, etc. NECAT is helping them build futures of success and long term financial stability.
A
A
B
C
B
A
16
week
culinary
arts
job
training
program.
The
goal
here
is
after
16
weeks
of
hard
work,
culinary
skills,
development,
life
skills,
career
readiness.
Our
graduates
are
right
for
a
job
and
an
industry
in
Boston
that
desperately
needs
qualified
workers.
There's
no
reason
for
anyone
you're,
not
that
job
other
than
maybe
they're,
not
quite
ready
to
kiss
point
your
job.
B
B
We
really
believe
that
everyone
deserves
to
live
a
life
with
purpose
that,
regardless
of
where
you
came
from,
have
your
life
just
never
had
any
vocational
training
doesn't
matter
your
judgement
in
3d,
we
don't
care
where
you
came
from,
but
we
do
care
about
we're
going,
and
we
know
based
on
what
all
told
us
this
morning,
that
our
ceremony
is
you're
moving
on
picture
of
great
plans
and
we
have
all
the
confidence
in
the
world.
Thank
you
that
accomplish
what
you
need
to
do
in
general,
65%
of
our
enrollees
graduates.
B
And
most
of
them
stay
keep
those
jobs
for
the
first
year
of
their
employment,
so
they
already
enjoy
we're
really
really
wanna
see
views.
Remember
the
things
that
we
stressed,
every
single
thing
that
no
matter
even
whether
you're
in
a
corner
position
where
you
decide
to
choose
something
else,
all
the
things
that
we
talk
about
every
single
day,
why
it's
important
to
be
present?
Why
it's
important
to
center
yourself
before
you
started
dating?
B
Why
it's
important
to
be
as
part
of
the
team,
why
it's
important
to
know
how
to
resolve
your
conflicts
positively
in
how
to
remember
that
your
past
doesn't
define
your
future
and
it
escape
doesn't
derail
you
for
the
rest
of
your
life,
just
learn
from
it
and
keep
movin
on.
If
you
keep
those
lessons
with
you,
there
is
nothing
that
you
can't
accomplish,
and
that's
all
that
we
hope
to
you.
It's
all
that
we
wish
for
you
as
graduates
cohort
3200
cap.
B
Unfortunately,
our
chairman
of
the
board
Martin
Hensley,
who
made
all
that
is
possible,
decided
they'd,
say:
okay,
he
sends
his
fondest
congratulations
to
all
of
you.
I
know.
You've
met
him
at
some
point
in
time
and
he's
always
here,
so
we
can
come
back
and
concerete
assume
members
of
our
border
here.
If
you'd
just
please
stand
and
be
acknowledged
in
the
sorrow.
B
So
it's
an
especially
exciting
day
today,
because
we
have
two
wonderful,
yes,
who
are
joining
us
for
the
first
time.
Let
me
introduce
our
first
speaker
today:
Senator
Nick
Collins,
who
is
a
state
senator
from
the
first
Suffolk
District
representing
the
Boston
neighborhoods
of
South
Boston
Dorchester
Matapan,
part
of
Hyde
Park,
part
of
where
we
all
live.
A
lifelong
Boston
resident
senator
Collins
has
been
working
on
Beacon
Hill
for
ten
years
now.
B
First
in
the
House
of
Representatives
and
most
recently
in
the
Senate,
he
currently
serves
on
a
number
of
committees,
including
economic
development,
emerging
technologies,
raising
knees,
hot
ways
and
means
housing
and
Veterans
Affairs
I
love.
This
quote.
According
to
the
Boston
Globe
Senator
Collins
has
his
finger
on
the
pulse
of
every
major
issue
in
the
district
substance
order,
recovery,
the
need
for
reentry
jobs,
people
leaving
incarceration
the
continued
expansion
of
the
South
Boston
waterfront
and
programs
that
jumpstart
development
in
Boston's,
poorest
neighborhoods.
B
B
Small
organisation
like
us,
that's
an
enormous
benefit,
allowing
us
to
keep
our
doors
open
and
continue
our
important
job
training
roles.
So,
thankfully,
for
us,
senator
Collins,
believes
his
role
in
government
is
to
ensure
equality,
justice
and
opportunity,
which
is
what
he
fights
for
every
day.
Please
welcome
senator
Nicole.
C
Thank
You
Joey
to
the
board
the
staff
caseworker
team,
the
trainees,
the
trainers
and
particularly
the
the
families
that
had
supporting
the
graduates
today
and
you
support
all
along
I,
know
that,
having
that
kind
of
support,
as
someone
who
does
what
I
do
I
couldn't
do
that
without
support
of
my
family,
so
I
know
when
we're
at
our
best
pushing
ourselves
to
do
our
best.
We
have
someone
there
supporting
us
and
so
to
all
you
thank
you
for
being
here
to
cohort
32.
C
C
C
You
know
economic
empowerment
can
really
take
people
off
and
and
incredible
directions,
and
that's
what
I
focused
on
in
the
Legislature's,
both
supporting
our
youth
in
family
health,
we're
really
trying
to
empower
in
in
different
ways,
communities
across
our
city
in
our
state.
So
it's
really
an
honor
to
be
here.
C
I'm
also
excited
to
be
here
because
I'm
supposed
to
be
cooking
tonight
for
my
family
I
need
a
little
inspiration.
So
I'm,
looking
forward
to
your
suggestions
afterwards,
what
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
you
continue
to
have
an
ally
in
me
in
my
team
in
the
legislature,
we're
honored
to
be
here
to
support
you
excited
about.
What's
next
I
know
a
lot
of
your
college
before
you
have
gone
on
to
the
encore
and
other
exciting
opportunities,
so
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
out
there
in
the
marketplace.
So
congratulations!
A
new.
B
Mayor
I
tried
to
prevent
him
from
being
up.
I
tried
it's
my
privilege
now
to
introduce
Boston's
mayor,
the
Honorable
Martin
J
Walsh,
a
lifelong
champion
of
working
people
in
residence
of
the
city
born
and
raised
in
Dorchester,
where
I
know
many
of
you
call
home
mayor.
Walsh
has
driven
and
makes
sure
that
Boston
is
a
city
where
anyone
can
overcome
their
challenges
and
fulfill
their
dreams.
B
For
example,
we
have
a
partnership
with
the
office
of
financial
empowerment,
helping
us
teach
financial
literacy
and
providing
individualized
financial
counseling
to
students,
while
they're
with
us
and
once
they
graduate.
We
work
closely
with
the
office
of
recovery
services,
onda
stigmatizing
substance
abuse
disorders
and
referring
participants
to
services
and
assistance
that
they
need
when
they
need
them.
We
work
with
the
office
of
returning
citizens,
opening
our
doors
for
training
to
people
returning
from
incarceration
without
prejudice
or
judgment.
B
We
receive
job
training,
drink
grants
specifically
for
Boston
residents
for
the
neighbourhood,
jobs,
trust,
Community,
Development,
Block,
Grants
in
capital
funding
for
special
initiatives
that
help
us
keep
this
facility
as
top-notch
as
we
can
be
enhancements
where
we
get
money
through
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development.
So,
as
you
can
see,
we're
intrinsically
linked
with
the
city
and
we're
enormous
ly
grateful
that
you
continue
to
support
programs
like
ours,
because
without
emphasis
on
programs
like
knee
cap,
they
can
fall
by
the
wayside
very
easily
and
we've
seen
that
happening.
But
I
don't
believe.
B
D
E
Thank
you
very
much
big
time
for
that
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
Joey
for
that
introduction.
I
want
to
thank
the
entire
team
here
at
niihka,
the
board
members.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment,
because
without
strong
board
members
organizations
on
as
strong
as
they
need
to
be
in
clearly
when
you
have
32
graduating
classes
here
that
shows
you
that
the
strength
of
a
program
so
thank
to
the
board
members
to
the
staff.
That's
here
all
of
you
I
know
that
you
go
above
and
beyond
your
title.
E
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
for
what
you
do
when
you
mean
to
this
incredible
program.
Tomaten
Hensley,
who
couldn't
be
here
today,
I
met
Martin
in
2012
in
my
office.
Is
the
State
House
from
5:40.
He
came
to
me
through
this
idea
of
me
can't
he
had
he
had
brochures
and
he
had
pictures
near
destiny
at
that,
and
and
I
had
no
idea
really
who
he
was,
and
he
was
talking
about.
I
was
gonna.
E
Do
this
and
he
needed
help
with
the
building
trades
to
build
a
space
up
and
need
help
with
contractors
to
do
this.
Work
and
he
wanted
to
talk
about
helping
people
out
and
he
went
on
and
on
and
on
I
think
I
met
with
him
150
times,
as
luck
would
have
it.
The
program
opens
up,
I
become
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
we'll
be
able
to
have
partnerships.
I
had
not
been
here
and
I
apologize.
E
E
E
E
E
You
big
challenges
to
make
it
to
this
point
life's
not
easy
life's,
not
easy
for
a
lot
of
people,
and
some
people
have
biggest
struggles
than
others
and
the
struggles
the
challenges
you've
had
to
overcome
to
this
particular
moment
in
time.
It's
something
that's
really
important.
You're
resilient,
you're,
talented
you
work,
hard,
you've
developed
new
skills
while
you're
here,
something
that
you
probably
never
really
thought
of
many
of
you,
but
might
have
been
cooks
and
chefs
and
and
prepared
something.
E
E
I've
had
some
ups
and
downs
in
my
life
and
and
I
think
I.
Think
about
this
all
the
time
when
I
talk
to
people
all
the
time
about
life.
Everyone's
life
is
a
book
everyone's
life
story's.
A
book
stories
are
different,
very
rosy.
They
go
up
there
to
go
down
and
they
end
how
they
end.
My
life
story
is
I'm
a
child
of
immigrants.
My
parents
came
from
Ireland
in
the
50s
they
met
here
to
get
married.
E
They
had
two
boys
as
a
young
kid
I
had
cancer
I
grew
up
literally
up
the
street,
go
on
a
staff
to
Everett
Everett's
quit
that's
what
that's
my
neighborhood
right
there
and
whatever
square
I
hung
at
the
Blakey
I
hung
at
the
after
you
up
the
street
I
lived
on
taps
tree.
That's
what
I
grew
up
in
that
neighborhood
Kentucky
Fried
Chicken
was
my
place.
It
used
to
be
store
24,
it
stood
s
keys.
Now
we
still
call
it
store
to
foe.
E
Robyn
I
went
the
st.
margarets
grammar
school,
which
is
on
Columbia
Road
I
went
to
Edward
Everett
for
kindergarten
down
the
river
school
for
kidney
garden.
I
went
to
numerous
güell
in
the
Back
Bay.
The
prep
sounds
more
than
a
prep
that
wasn't.
It
was
a
prep
school,
but
not
really
a
prep
school,
not
the
prep
school.
E
E
Was
not
a
good
student
in
high
school
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I
really
didn't
like
school
I
feel
I
got
a
high
school
I
didn't
get
accepted.
The
Suffolk
I
want
to
go
to
Suffolk,
University
I
didn't
get
accepted,
I
got
a
rejection
letter
and
anyone
who
gets
rejection
letters.
It
was
not
my
first
rejection
letter
and
certainly
not
my
last
and
I
went
to
Quincy
junior
college
too,
because
I
want
to
go
to
college
I
want
to
be
in
politics
and
when
I
went
to
college,
I
went
to
Quincy
junior
that
year.
E
That
was
there
for
a
year
and
I
realized
I
could
do
the
work.
I
thought
I
was
the
work.
Other
people
around
me
were
better.
They
could
read
books
and
comprehended.
They
could
write
papers.
I
couldn't
do
that.
I
felt
a
lot
of
things.
I
couldn't
do,
but
when
I
went
to
college
that
first
year,
I
realized
wow
I
can
do
this
and
I
transferred
into
Suffolk
University
and
I
went
there
for
one
semester
and
when
I
was
in
Suffolk,
University
I
got
a
break
bright
idea.
My
father
was
in
the
building,
trades
and
I.
E
Had
worked,
summers
in
the
building,
trades
and
I
thought
that
I
wanted
to
take
time
off
of
school
and
go
work
and
the
building
trades
and
make
some
money
and
I
did
and
everyone
people
told
me
you're,
not
gonna,
go
back
to
school
and
I
had
dreams.
My
dream
and
aspiration
was
to
run
for
office
quite
honestly,
and
when
I
quit
school
I
was
probably
about
20
years
old.
I
quit
school
I
went
to
where
construction,
where
construction,
the
fields
for
a
couple
years
they
made
great
money.
I
was
always
working.
E
I
bought
a
new
car
on
a
second
new
car.
A
year
later,
I
got
a
job
in
the
office
for
the
laborers
Union,
where
I
wore
a
suit
and
tie
every
day
and
I
thought
I
can.
Finally
finally
arrived,
I
was
23
years
old,
I
was
wearing
a
suit
and
tie
I
got
a
car
with
the
job
and
I
thought.
What
things
were
great
I
was
party
at
my
friend's
in
the
weekend.
That's
having
fun
I
was
doing
all
the
things
in
life
that
you
do
when
you're
23
years
old.
E
Five
years
later,
I
found
myself
at
a
detox.
I
was
in
Gaza
line
sitting
in
Gaza
was
a
Sunday
night.
I
drove
down
there
and
I
went
into
detox
and
I
was
in
there,
and
I
was
thinking
myself
what
the
hell
am
I
doing
here,
because
I
don't
belong
here.
This
is
not
part
of
my
plan.
Part
of
my
plan
wasn't
to
wear
the
slippers.
They
gave
me
a
to
sit
in
a
room
with
a
bunch
of
alcoholics
and
drug
addicts
who
was
struggling
with
addiction
because
I
wasn't.
E
One
of
that
to
me
was
a
person
who
drank
out
of
a
brown
paper
bag
on
Boston,
Common
and
I
didn't
realize.
At
the
time
I
went
down
there
to
get
the
heat
off
me
because
I
had
burned
bridges,
I
bring
family
bridges,
I
hate,
throwing
job
bridges,
I
burnt
everything.
My
life
was
not
going
in
the
direction
I
had
planned
to
go.
E
Even
though
on
the
outside
I
was
trying
to
keep
it
up
going
to
meetings
and
going
to
community
meetings
and
coaching
Little
League
and
coaching
hockey
and
coaching
basketball
doing
all
that
stuff,
but
my
life
was
completely
out
of
control
because
every
time
I,
maybe
it
made
a
bad
decision,
I
was
drunk
and
I'd
black
out
and
I.
Didn't
know
what
happened.
The
nights
before
and
I
didn't
know.
What's
going
on
and
I
was
broke
and
all
this
stuff
happened,
but
when
I
wanted
to
detox
something
happened
that
the
first
night
I
was
there.
E
I
was
at
a
group,
a
commitment
came
in
anyone
knows
know.
The
commitment
is
that
other
people
sharing
the
story
about
parts
anonymous
and
I.
Wasn't
there
to
stop
drinking.
Remember
that
I
sat
down
the
row
and
I
listened
to
some
guys
speak
the
first
guy
spoke
and
he
said
something
that
kind
of
triggered
something
in
my
brain
and
I'd.
Listen,
I,
said:
okay,
maybe
something's
going
on
here
and
and
for
the
rest
of
the
week
when
I
was
in
detox.
E
I
listened
to
the
counselors
I,
listen
to
what
he
yet
is
for
me,
and
yet
for
me,
he's
picking
drugs
out
and
I.
Listen
to
about
progression,
a
disease
of
progression.
I
learned
about
disease,
I
learned
about
all
of
that
and
when
I
got
out
when
I
got
out
of
the
detox,
I
went
to
90
meetings.
Roughly
in
90
days,
I
got
a
sponsor.
I
joined
a
group.
I
asked
for
help.
I
got
down
on
my
knees.
E
I
asked
guard
to
keep
me
away
from
a
drink
or
a
drug
for
a
day
and
nominees,
and
thank
God
for
bikinis
over
that
particular
day
and
shortly
over
time.
A
year
and
a
half
later,
the
person
who
was
my
state
representative
decided
he
wasn't
gonna
run
for
reelection
and
I
knew
instantly.
I
was
gonna
run
for
State
Representative
and
I
put
my
name
on
the
ballot.
My
family
didn't
want
me
to
run
because
they
thought
you
know
they
wanted
me
to
kind
of
keep.
E
My
jobs
get
my
job,
my
life
back
and
things
I
to
get
it
better
for
me
and
I
ran
for
State
Representative,
and
you
know
what
I
want
and
I
was
elected
to
serve
the
state
of
the
Statehouse
to
Dorchester
the
13th
Suffolk
District
and
I
also
realized
if
I
wanted
to
go
further
in
life.
I
had
to
do
more
about
my
education,
because
now
I
was
a
college
dropout.
E
Don't
need
this
I'm
gonna
quit
not
tonight
or
a
drop
classes,
pick
classes
up
and
I
realize
I,
just
stuck
to
it.
In
the
last
night
of
class
of
Boston,
College
I,
remember
walking
out,
I
was
in
the
courtyard
it's
in
the
backside
on
Beacon,
Street
and
I
call
three
people,
one
person,
my
mother
and
I
call
him
I
said
mom
I,
just
graduated
college
and
she
was
extremely
happy
because
obviously
the
American
dream
has
come
to
America.
E
Have
you
son
or
daughter
or
kids,
go
to
college
and
she
was
excited
and
I
called
two
other
people
that
had
told
me
20
years
before
that
that
I
would
never
go
back
to
college
to
get
my
degree
and
they
were
in
my
head
for
20
years
and
I
called
them
both
and
I
thanked
them,
and
one
of
them
didn't
remember
and
I
said.
You
said
this
to
me
and
I
said
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
because
I
thought
about
that.
E
All
the
time,
fast-forward
a
little
while
later
in
2013,
Mayor
Menino
decided
that
he
wasn't
gonna
run
for
election
and
when
I
heard
that
I
knew
it
instantly.
I
was
gonna
run
for
mayor
of
Boston
and
I.
Had
the
chance
to
run
for
mayor
of
Boston
I
had
a
chance
to
get
elected
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
for
the
last
six
years,
I've
been
mayor
of
Boston
when
I
think
about
I.
Think
about
God.
E
When
I
think
about
that
the
day
I
got
sworn
in,
I
got
sworn
in
to
Boston.
College
I
was
the
first
mayor
ever
in
the
history
of
Boston
College,
which
is
kind
of
funny
because
they
had
a
man
in
the
thing
that
made
it
great
for
me
is
there
was
a
night
school
man,
so
it
wasn't
day
classes,
so
it
kind
of
made
little
edge
for
me
to
say
to
the
rest
of
writers.
You
couldn't
do
it.
I
think
and
I
stood
on
the
stage
that
day
and
I
was
looking
out
in
the
crowd.
E
There's
8,000
people
in
the
audience
and
I
thought
I
thought
about
my
life
about
how
what
my
journey
was
to
get
to
that
particular
moment
in
my
life,
and
it
wasn't
a
straight
line.
It
was,
it
was
a
crooked
line,
but
it
was
about
about
staying
and
falling.
He
dreams
about
making
sure
that
the
people
in
your
life
that
you
need
to
have
any
life
help
you
get
to
that
point.
E
Ever
since
then,
I've
tried
to
dedicate
my
life
to
helping
other
people
when
I
got
it
when
I
ran
for
office
and
when
I
became
a
state
representative.
That's
what
I
want
to
do,
I
believe
in
second
chances,
because
I
got
more
than
one
second
chance
to
quite
honestly:
I've
been
arrested
and
everything
else
that
comes
with
it
all
of
that
stuff.
E
Some
of
the
damage
I
caused
when
I
was
drinking
and
I
had
to
make
amends
the
people
that
I
meet
hurry
during
my
alcoholism.
I
believe
that
no
one
should
be
defined
by
the
worst
time
in
their
life,
although
sometimes
the
worst
time
in
their
life
defines
a
person
who
they
offer
in
the
future
of
their
life,
because
they
take
that
opportunity
to
turn
around
and
move
forward.
I
believe
that
everyone
deserves
an
opportunity
to
move
forward.
E
E
That's
why
we're
making
investments
in
the
city
in
recovery
services
for
people
battling
addiction,
I
know
that
when
you
come
for
this
building
for
training,
you
see
a
lot
of
sadness
and
devastation,
but
also
none
of
those
people
that
are
on
the
street
and
the
sidewalk
are
on
the
street
right
around
this
building
woke
up
when
they
were
a
kid
at
one
point
said:
I
want
to
hang
on
Malina,
mousedown
and
I
want
to
put
a
needle
in
my
arm
and
I
want
to
become
a
heroine.
Addicts
and
I
want
to
smoke.
E
Crack
and
I
want
to
do
crystal
meth
and
I
want
to
drink
my.
They
don't
do
that.
They
didn't
do
that,
that
wasn't
that
wasn't
their
intention,
but
I
also
believe
that
it's
important
for
us
is.
We
created
the
office
of
recovery
services
in
Boston,
it's
the
first
office
in
municipal
office
in
recovery
services
in
the
United
States
of
America,
and
it's
about
helping
one
person
getting
into
treatment
that
needs
that
that
help
about
getting
back
on
their
feet.
E
We
created
an
office
called
the
office
of
returning
citizens
to
help
people
transition
back
into
the
community,
because
when
people
make
mistakes
sometimes
they
have
to
pay
a
penalty
for
that
society
and
there's
nothing
there
for
when
they
come
out.
What
happens?
Is
you
go
back
to
the
things
you
only
know,
so
it's
about
creating
that
office
of
returning
citizens.
So
we
can
help
people
that
when
they
get
out
they
can
get
opportunities
to
see.
How
do
we
do
life
differently?
How
do
we
get
ourselves
back
on
track
and
do
life
in
a
different
manner?
E
I'm
supporting
this
office
NiCad
is
because
it's
about
workforce
development,
because
it's
about
what
do
you
do
when
you
come
out?
Where
do
you
get
that
job?
How
do
you
get
the
help?
I
was
fortunate
to
myself,
because
I
had
a
family
that
was
in
the
building,
trades
and
I
could
always
work
if
I
wanted
to
work,
but
other
people
don't
have
that
opportunity.
E
So
NiCad
is
an
incredible
resource.
The
city
of
Boston
supports
NiCad
Joe.
We
talked
about
it
through
our
jobs,
right
trust,
funds
from
staff
and
our
financial
empowerment
center
in
Roxbury.
Helping
coaching
financial
coaching
I
can
honestly
tell
you
that
is
made
money
when
I
first
got
sober.
My
credit
rating
I,
don't
even
think
I
had
a
credit
rating.
I
had
credit
cards
that
will
fall
like
fall
and
I
was
getting
letters
saying
you
owe
money
on
your
credit
card.
E
I
was
the
financial
empowerment
office
is
about
helping
people
understand
what
how
do
you
build
credit?
How
do
you
build
that
opportunity?
Our
office
of
Workforce
Development
refers
graduates
to
job
readiness
programs.
We
take
train
and
people
also
here
and
help
try
and
help
people.
Many
of
some
of
you
came
to
my
job
readiness
training
program.
They
came
here
to
get
a
skill
to
be
able
to
take
that
skill
and
put
it
into
something
else.
E
Something
that's
really
important,
I'm
proud
to
work
with
Nikkei
and
I'm,
proud
of
this
organization,
because
from
the
first
day
Mountain
talked
to
me
about
it.
He
wanted
to
make
real
impact
in
people's
lives.
It
just
doesn't
teach
job
skills,
you'll,
learn
life
skills.
We
all
learn
life
skills
every
single
day.
It
doesn't
matter
if
I'm,
the
mayor
of
Boston
or
your
first
day
in
Nikken,
we
all
got
to
learn
life
skills
every
day,
we're
constantly
learning
and
evolving
students
and
graduates
with
new
confidence.
You
have
new
outlooks.
E
Everyone
in
this
place
should
be
happy
now
you
might
have
situations
going
on
your
life
that
aren't
perfect,
but
today,
at
this
particular
moment
you
should
be
proud
of
yourself.
You
should
be
proud
of
the
accomplishments
because
whatever
is
going
on
in
your
life
and
your
family,
so
the
fact
that
you
have
the
skills
today,
you
can
change
all
that
you
can
change
all
that
by
using
your
skills
and
getting
an
opportunity
for
employment
and
getting
opportunity
for
a
job
and
changing
the
whole
trajectory
of
your
family
for
the
future.
That's
something
that's
important!
E
E
The
staff
and
the
teachers
and
the
chefs
and
the
cooks
are
behind
you
if
they
didn't
believe
in
the
work
you're
doing
they
wouldn't
be
here
today,
he's
behind
you,
because
she
understands
the
importance
of
making
sure
this
program
stays
strong
and
you
have
the
confidence
and
the
help
that
you
need.
Nick
Collins
in
the
state,
Senate
is
behind
you.
You
have
40
senators,
you
never
met
before
their
vote
is
for
the
line
item
in
the
budget
to
fund
this
program
from
all
over
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
Democrats
in
Republicans.
E
You
have
13
city
councils
in
the
city
of
Boston
behind
you,
because
we
fund
the
programs
that
I
talked
about
a
minute
ago,
the
job,
training
programs
and
the
financial
Parliament
offices
and
all
the
different
programs
that
we
have,
and
you
have
the
mayor,
the
city
of
Boston
behind
you,
because
the
mayor
understands
how
important
this
is
and
I
understand
how
important
this
is,
that
you're
successful
because
you're
a
story,
your
life
is
a
book.
Your
life
is
a
story,
and
that
story
is
successful
today.
E
That
doesn't
mean
challenges
go
away,
but
it's
about
you
now
what
you
do
with
these
challenges
and
these
opportunities
to
turn
it
around.
You
have
new
networks
and
new
mentors
that
support
you
and
love.
You
and
I
think
that's
important
to
other
graduates.
I
want
to
end
with
this
I
want
to
congratulate
you
on
this
milestone,
you've
earned
it
your
careers
and
your
stories
having
a
new
chapter,
you
have
an
opportunity,
regardless
of
what
happened
in
the
past,
to
turn
the
page
there's
a
blank
piece
of
paper.
E
It's
up
to
you
to
write
that
story,
and
that
story
should
be
one
of
success.
That
story
should
be
one
a
determination.
That
story
should
be
one
of
accomplishment.
That
story.
Should
you
want
a
prime
when
you
look
in
the
mirror
thing
when
you
go
to
bed,
you
should
be
proud
of
who
you're
looking
at
because
you
had
an
opportunity
again.
You
took
this
opportunity
and
you
did
something
special
with
it.
F
F
Thank
you
for
your
presence
and
support
in
our
celebration
of
what
will
be
our
next
challenge
in
the
world
of
culinary
arts.
For
me,
I
never
knew
how
the
teachings
of
my
mother
and
father
would
serve
me
so
well
today,
watching
them
solve
problems
at
the
dinner
table.
Interacting
with
each
other.
Discussing
things,
including
us
in
the
family,
was
considered
two
building
blocks
of
what
I
am
today
I
miss
given
times
and
I.
F
To
show
love
and
to
give
love
in
the
medium
of
life
skills
good
food
in
artistry.
It
is
up
to
all
of
us
to
make
that
happen.
The
staff
here
stretched
us
and
continues
to
challenge
us
in
the
arts
of
good,
culinary
as
black
hats.
We
have
learned
the
art
of
making
food
taste
good,
as
well
as
making
it
safe
to
eat
under
chef,
Bob's
tutelage.
F
We
learned
and
were
tested
every
day
to
leave
class.
In
the
end
of
the
day,
you
had
to
answer
one
of
his
questions
and
believe
you
me
he
had
a
knack
for
asking
the
question
that
would
challenge
you
or
that
you
were
struggling
with
being
an
orange
hat
technique
is
the
key
and
drill
sergeant
sorry,
chef,
Tom.
A
F
Sure
you
learned
the
correct
in
a
safe
way
to
use
the
equipment,
hopefully
without
hurting
yourself
and
others,
and
if
you
grew
up
with
bad
habits
like
leaving
the
water
running
best
believe
that
you'd
be
corrected
to
the
point
of
watching
other
staff
members
and
your
form
of
cohorts
at
that.
Fountain
make
sure
that
that
water
was
all
chef,
Paige
helped
us,
learn
organizational
skills
and
respects
to
banquets
and
functions,
and
if
you
need
help
in
the
kitchen
with
the
math
and
measuring
ingredients,
she
was
willing
and
eager
to
help
and
give
when
was
needed.
F
But,
let's
not
forget
the
need
to
present
yourself
in
a
professional
manner
to
recognize
those
issues
of
how
to
manage
your
life
outside
of
niqab.
The
discussions
that
I
had
with
life
coach
Derrick
proved
huge,
being
able
to
look
at
yourself
and
recognize
your
weak
and
embrace.
Your
strong
points
was
huge
for
me
to
realize
you
are
not
alone
in
this
quest
and
empathy
that
you
had,
for
others
in
the
class
proved
to
be
a
soothing
balm
of
encouragement
when
we
got
to
be
an
orange
heaven.
F
F
F
But
in
the
end
I
tell
you
guys
you
guys-
and
you
guys
can
come
to
my
my
function
anytime,
because
you're
all
that
good
on
a
personal
note,
one
of
my
jobs
is
a
photographer
I.
Did
it
for
40
years
I
got
to
meet
a
lot
of
greats,
including
that
woman,
that's
up
in
the
back,
was
considered
one
of
her
youngest
fans,
the
passion
that
I
use
for
that
I
do
an
homage
to
my
family
and
my
mother,
who
taught
me
how
to
cook
and
so
I'm
grateful
for
not
only
kneecap,
but
my
newfound
friends.
B
A
G
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Vic
Acosta
and
the
career
I'm,
the
director
of
career
services
and
thank
goodness
for
all
the
eloquence
that
has
been
shared
today,
because
you
won't
find
that
with
me,
I'm
here
to
share
some
some
wonderful
stuff
about
each
each
person
and
please
families
and
supporters-
and
this
is
the
time
to
be
obnoxious
in
your
support.
Okay,
so
just
let
it
let
it
out.