national list of the best commencement speakers of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\tDuring his speech, Qui\u00f1ones urged graduates to push past socio-economic barriers, be successful despite the naysayers, and do something when they see an injustice. Many of them could identify with the message. Nearly half of UW Bothell\u2019s students are first-generation students, more than 40 percent are students of color from diverse backgrounds, and more than half of all undergraduates receive financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\tQui\u00f1ones credits his parents for helping him understand the importance of education and supporting him through adversity. He recounted stories of his family caravanning north from Texas to Michigan to pick cherries and tomatoes for as little as 75-cents a bucket, and his father telling him that that could be his future without an education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\tIn high school, Qui\u00f1ones was told he should choose a trade over college. Upon graduating from college, he was told he had a great voice for radio, but would never make it in television. Qui\u00f1ones proved everyone wrong. He is the Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC\u2019s Primetime and has been with the network nearly 30 years. He is the sole anchor of the Primetime series What Would You Do?, one of the highest rated newsmagazine franchises in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\tAfter overcoming barrier after barrier, Qui\u00f1ones was able to stand before the UW Bothell graduating class of 2014 and tell the 1,600 students that they too have to stay strong and believe in themselves, even when no one else will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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