Ed Cardoza, Director of Development, Partners in Health (PIH), gives the address at the Baruch College 2007 Convocation Ceremony held on August 23, 2007, at Mason Hall, 17 Lexington Avenue.

Mr. Cardoza leads a discussion about this year's freshmen reading, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. The moral enforced in the non-fiction text can be used as a metaphor for college.

As a reminder before the students start college, Cardoza advises, "Do not let fear prevent you from succeeding...when you have a problem, face it head on...it must be done, and it has to be done."