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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch Delivers Exceptional Speech at UVI Convocation

ST. CROIX  — Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta A. Lynch who served during the Obama Administration, delivered a powerful and exceptional speech to students of the University of the Virgin Islands on Tuesday during a convocation event at the Albert A. Sheen Campus's Great Hall. Using her life experiences that described dedication, hard work and the eventual shifting of careers to ultimately achieve her desire of servitude to her nation, while honoring the sacrifices her parents made to provide her with a stellar education, Ms. Lynch's talk was also very motivational.  Ms. Lynch, who first wanted to become a journalist with the desire of telling the important stories of others, had a wakeup call while working at CBS as an intern one summer. The experience made her ponder her career path. "I wanted to be able to relay the most challenging issues and situations in people's lives in a way that provided guidance and hope for others, as it so often had for me," she said. "And so I though...