Get to know Melissa Cortez, Fall 2025 Social Sciences valedictorian

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Valedictorian Melissa Cortez (Master of Social Work, Critical Analysis) will graduate on Nov. 19, 2025.

By Darya Heydary

Posted on November 19, 2025

‘I might actually cry’: Cortez on second-generation identity, care work, and the community she’s found at McMaster.

Read more at McMaster News.

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