Celebrities, 'GMA' anchors offer advice to the class of 2017
Anchor Robin Roberts gave an address to this year's graduates live on "GMA."
— -- "Good Morning America" honored some members of the class of 2017 this morning live from Times Square, where the entire studio audience was made up of all graduates--many of whom shared inspirational stories of how they overcame obstacles to earn their degrees.
Melissa Corpancho is a 22-year-old graduating from George Mason University. Corpancho's journey hasn't been easy; she gave birth to her now 3-year-old son Lucas during her freshman year of college.
"There's so many costs already with getting an education then on top of that the cost of raising a child, but when times get rough, I just have to focus on why I'm doing what I'm doing and I'm really getting a degree so that I can have a financially-stable future for myself and my son and family," Corpancho said.
A few of the "GMA" co-anchors offered advice to Corpancho and her fellow graduates.
"It's not going to be easy, but if you have the right attitude, it all works out in the end," said Michael Strahan.
"Take a deep breath," said Lara Spencer. "I promise you, you will find a job and it will happen. You might have to kiss a lot of frogs, you might have to go on a lot of interviews, but all of those experiences will just get you the job that's right for you."
Added Robin Roberts, "Whatever you did to get to this moment, apply it to any challenge that you're going to face and when fear knocks, let faith answer the door."
"GMA" also collected some words of wisdom from some famous friends of the show for all members of the class of 2017 as they begin a new chapter.
Here is a roundup of celebrities who shared their advice to the Class of 2017 with "GMA."