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Keynote speaker tells Hellgate graduates their ‘potential’ is a key to be unlocked
Summary
Shannon Renker, executive director of the Missoula Education Foundation, told Hellgate High School’s Class of 2025 that resilience and self-advocacy helped her recover from a traumatic brain injury and urged graduates to ‘unlock’ their own potential.
Shannon Renker, executive director of the Missoula Education Foundation, told graduates at Hellgate High School’s Class of 2025 commencement that each person “carries a key, the key to our own potential.”
Renker described a years-long recovery after a traumatic brain injury, saying she was told by doctors there was “no chance of improvement” before later discovering she had been misdiagnosed and chose a rare neurosurgery that restored parts…
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