Saturday Night Live star Ego Nwodim delivered words of wisdom - and many laughs - to the class of 2022 at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony. Nwodim, who graduated from USC Dornsfie in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, had enrolled on a pre-med track. It was a deal she made with her physician mother. But her heart was set on a career in entertainment. So after graduating, she ditched the lab coat for the stage and signed up for classes with Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, where she eventually became a mainstage performer. She was featured in the 2016 CBS Diversity Showcase and in 2017 wrote and performed her first-ever one-woman show, "Great Black Women ... and Then There’s Me," for a sold-out run in L.A. Nwodim then hopped to the East Coast, landing a spot as a featured player in the SNL cast. In 2020, she was promoted to repertory player, ahead of the show’s 46th season. She is the show’s seventh Black woman to ...