I’m a big believer in education, period.

Secada’s blunt phrasing—“period”—functions as a rhetorical full stop: education is not a conditional good dependent on fame, talent, or circumstance, but a foundational value. Coming from a performer whose career depends on craft, discipline, and continual learning, the line reads as an endorsement of education as both practical preparation and personal empowerment. It also implies a corrective to the myth that artistic success can substitute for schooling; instead, education is framed as universally worthwhile, a baseline investment that supports opportunity, critical thinking, and resilience across careers.