Michelle Obama, celebrities in tow, brings words of inspiration to students at UCLA
LOS ANGELES - Former first lady Michelle Obama, who was told by her high school counselor that she wasn't Ivy League material, but went on to Princeton and Harvard anyway, urged thousands of students to follow her lead on Wednesday during a high-energy appearance at the University of California, Los Angeles.
It marked the first time that Obama chose to celebrate College Signing Day on the West Coast. She started the event in 2014 to encourage teenagers to pursue higher education, career training or military service after high school. A major focus is on students who are low-income and the first in their families to attend college.
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