Former Lodi High School valedictorian Rebecca DuBois: Ditch your comfort zone

What we can learn from ... Former Lodi High School valedictorian Rebecca DuBois: Ditch your comfort zone

Posted: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 6:47 am, Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Rebecca DuBois was the valedictorian at Lodi High School in 1996.

Q: What was your favorite memory from high school?

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What we can learn from ... Former Lodi High School valedictorian Rebecca DuBois: Ditch your comfort zone