Wes Moore will present Search for a Life that Matters at 6 p.m. Monday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

As a youth advocate, army veteran, social entrepreneur and the author of “The Work: Search for a Life that Matters,” Moore has experience despite his behavioral and academic difficulties.

He graduated from Valley Forge Military College in 1998 as a commission officer. He later gained a degree from Johns Hopkins University and was involved in football and Phi Beta Kappa. 

Moore’s presentation is part of the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series.