Dear Robert K. Ray

Robert Ray, a former death row inmate, is building a repertoire of commencement speeches from the Colorado State Penitentiary. Most recently, Robert graduated with honors, summa cum laude, from Trinidad State College with associates degrees in applied technologies and in liberal arts with an emphasis in psychology. Robert serves in peer leadership roles for the Breakthrough entrepreneurship program, the Realness Project relational leadership program, the peer advocate mental health program, and the University of Denver prison arts initiative program. Robert is also a devoted husband, a loving father, a dedicated son, a goofy brother, and a committed friend. Robert describes his life ambition as: "a journey of serving others, and a light of humanity and dignity."