Since graduation, I have worked as a temporary legal recruiting assistant and a permanent legal assistant at the same big corporate law firm – Sullivan & Cromwell, in their Latin American regional practice group, editing and translating SEC filing documents for sovereign debt issuance for Latin American countries, preparing documents for sale of stocks, and providing research for major Latin American companies and banks.
In May of 2009, after being wait-listed a few law schools, I decided to go to South Africa to volunteer with the National Coordinator for Women’s Rights of the Treatment Action Campaign in Cape Town. This opportunity also served as a way for me to reassess my career options and my commitment to law. When I came back, I was given deferred admission to CUNY School of Law.
In the interim period, I volunteered at InMotion ( for women in need of legal advice and/or representation for immigration, divorce, child support, and domestic violence cases), the Child Studies Center at NYU (collecting data for a psychology study on how the mother’s culture affects her child’s academic preparedness), and helped out in a Brooklyn public school in a workshop meant to strategize with parents on raising their children’s awareness of their cultural heritage in a predominantly Afro-Caribbean community. And, I landed a job with the Census, a job that allowed me to use my language skills and gave me a pay check! Now I am in law school full-time. I am interested in Anti-trafficking law –as it relates to people. CUNY is definitely the place for me!