<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/give-vog-desja-wilson.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>09/26/2025</pubDate><title>Voices of Gratitude: Desja Wilson, B.S. ’25, CERT ’25</title><description>Only months after her graduation, Desja Wilson is putting her new degrees to work back where it all started for her—inside classrooms at The University of Baltimore.</description><author>ALUMNI STORIES</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/desja_wilson-00584blog.jpg" alt="portrait of Desja Wilson"/></image><image-cap/><quote>The University of Baltimore doesn’t want people to fail. They want everybody to finish their degree programs. I had support in ways that I’ve never had before, and it allowed me to keep going.</quote><quote-name>Desja Wilson, B.S. ’25, CERT ’25</quote-name><quote-info/><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Give</tag></tags></item>