# @uscdornsife on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd1H8vNhHrg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/1017156-uscdornsife-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ea2f25657e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-05-21T18:27:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** USC Dornsife (@USCDornsife) — https://gondola.cc/USCDornsife

## Caption

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 be hired as a cast member.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2022! ❤️💛

#USCDornsife #USC #USCGrad #FightOn

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USC Dornsife | @USCDornsife | https://gondola.cc/USCDornsife | University |
| Michael Silver | @BigEastSilver | https://gondola.cc/BigEastSilver | Social Media Manager |

## Tags

usc, fighton, uscdornsife, uscgrad

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