Sylvia Chrominska, HBA '75: Work hard, take risks, learn from mistakes

Sylvia Chrominska, HBA '75, spoke at Western's 303rd Convocation on June 11, where she received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University.  The Ivey alumna passed on advice to Social Science graduates, sharing her personal experience of lacking ambition at any early age and failing Grade 12.

“There’s nothing wrong with failure; we’ve all failed at something. But you would never, ever want to fail because you didn’t work hard enough. If I was going to make something of myself, I’d have to work for it,” Chrominska said.

“Work hard, learn from your mistakes, be curious and take some risks early in life. Consider your future in context of the kind of person you want to be.”