Katie Scoggin was nan student commencement speaker astatine UAA’s caller graduation. (Caitlin Pobieglo)

When Katie Scoggin addressed her chap students astatine UAA’s caller commencement ceremony, it was a acold outcry from 4 years agone erstwhile her precocious schoolhouse held graduation online owed to nan pandemic. While she doesn’t rather cognize what she wants to do now that she’s done pinch UAA, she does cognize she wants to thief people. Having been adopted from China arsenic a baby, Scoggin wants to springiness different group a chance astatine a amended life. She grew up singing and playing guitar astatine section markets and nan Anchorage Folk Festival and plans to proceed her music, sloppy of what she does professionally.

In this section of State of Art, Scoggin reflects connected her philharmonic childhood, getting to observe pinch her chap students and organization and what comes next.

Ammon Swenson is Alaska Public Media’s Audio Media Content Producer. He was calved and raised successful Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from UAA successful 2018 pinch a bachelor’s grade successful publicity and integrated media. He’s antecedently worked for KRUA radio, nan Anchorage Press, and The Northern Light.