Congratulations to the 72 young ladies who graduated for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls on Saturday. The doors opened in 2007 in South Africa and now these young women are on their way to universities and I have know doubt that they are going to one day change the world.

I believe that this experience has changed Oprah more than the girls, she said “I’ve just never seen a more resilient or brilliant group of girls, I mean they have a heart of brilliance. They’re just so open and gracious…I’m such a proud mother. They have taken this moment, this opportunity, and seized it in a way that I could only dream of.”

Congratulations Oprah, I know your girls are going to make you proud!

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