Michelle Obama plans to address 105 Native American high school graduates during a commencement speech that comes as she attempts to spotlight tribal youth in the final months of her husband's presidency.
The first lady's commencement address Thursday at the Santa Fe Indian School is part of an Obama initiative aimed at removing "barriers to success" for Native American youth, who the White House says make up the nation's "most vulnerable population."
The Santa Fe high school says its academic and cultural curriculum helps students beat the odds, and 95 percent of its 2016 graduates have immediate plans for college.
Coming a month after speaking at Jackson State University in Mississippi, Obama's Santa Fe commencement addresses will be the second of three she's giving this spring. Next, she speaks at the City College of New York campus in Harlem.
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