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Starr Williams gives the valedictory speech at Berkshire Community College s 2019 commencement. I like to be a statistic breaker, says Soncere Starr Williams. That s putting it mildly. At age 40, Williams, Berkshire Community College s 2019 valedictorian, has overcome more obstacles than most people would in a lifetime. Once a high school dropout, she is the product of an abusive foster home who entered into a dark world of substance abuse, mental illness, and juvenile crime. Today, she s an outspoken advocate for the underprivileged and she s headed to Columbia University for a master s degree in social work (MSW).   I come from poverty. I come from a place where people don t succeed, because there are far too many barriers to climb over. It s one of the reasons I m in social work, says Starr, who graduated BCC with a perfect 4.0 GPA, earning an associate s degree in human services and an addiction recovery assistant certificate before transferring to Elms College in

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