“One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.”

American psychologist and author

Angela Lee Duckworth is an American psychologist, academic, and popular science author. She is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work focuses on grit and self-control, subjects she has studied and written about for a wide audience. She also founded Character Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character development.