<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2021/citations-remarks/williamson-medalist-remarks-leilani-ly-21.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/17/2021</pubDate><title>Williamson Medalist Remarks: Leilani Ly '21</title><description>"YOU have made it. It doesn't matter what you weren't able to accomplish because of the weight of the thousand things upon your back, or that half of the year was spent surviving, and only that. What matters is you are still here. You have transcended. And you have made gold of the wreckage in the best way that you could."</description><author>Leilani Li '21</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/947408868354006601-05-15-commencement-084-dg.0.106.2400.1446.full.jpg" alt="Williamson Medalist, Leilani Ly '21, speaks at the 2021 Commencement"/></image><image-caption/></item>