Barron discusses them with the audience through quotes, and stories that evoke the audience to feel emotional/proud of what she accomplished. Referring to her upbringing in college regarding her future, she wasn't taken seriously when the question of her dream college was brought up. Barron explained after visiting Stanford, “Motivated, I went to my high school counselor’s office and told her, ‘I want to go to college.’ She laughed and told me I should just focus on graduating from high school.” Barron also explains “And you have to do that sometimes, don't let others limit what you can achieve. The only real limitation to your goals and dreams is the level of your desire.’ Through this, Barron motivates her listeners with the idea that anything…show more content… Barron explains “I don't think I'm supposed to be here, I told her. Shakari, a bright PhD candidate, told me, I think you are. And I shared with her how out of place I felt. She shared with me that I was not alone in this experience. Being an African American PhD candidate, she oftentimes found herself being the only black woman in a room. She told me, I belong here. Little did she know, the day before, I had sat outside Royce Hall, on the verge of dropping out as I questioned my belongingness in this institution.” Barron also explains, “sat in my political science discussion inside Vulture Hall and heard Ryan explain the state of the economy because his father worked in venture capital, I couldn't help but think to myself, would my father's opinion on the state of the economy be credible my father one of the most brilliant men I know yet my father the farmworker with an eighth grade education.” Barron compares the power Ryan with the authority of the state of the economy. She compares it with her father by describing how different their opinions would be received since her father is a farmworker with an eighth-grade education. Barron can mainly mirror this idea with herself as she mainly describes herself as an outsider while at UCLA, she might have mimicked
