Growing up being surrounding by family all around, I always wanted to help people. My grandmother was very active in our community (Seat Pleasant, MD) she would take in foster kids, host events, charities, and was apart of the NANBPWC (Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club Inc. She is my role model, once I turned 13 she came to me and my cousins with an opportunity to start a youth club. Starting off wasn’t easy we would have meetings once a week but I felt like we weren’t getting anywhere. Until I turned 16 she asked me if I wanted to bring it back, I answered with Of Course! She then asked me to be the president, and I was so honored. My grandmother a leader of many things saw me as one. So from then on me and my friends and my little cousin made it a goal to actually help people doing meetings every week. Helping my grandmother at church when we can. And making goals such as hosting huge events, feeding the homeless, etc. That wasn’t the only thing I did. Once I reached Highschool I was very depressed so my academics isn’t what I want it to be so, I started doing more. I’ve been apart of 3 non-profits Lessons Learned, Ketchmore Kids, and Goode Fight. These three non profits have the same goal which is to better the life of kids going through hardships. Before helping and joining these organizations I didn’t realize how everyone life is different. I grew up in a household with both parents who have been married for 20+ years, 4 siblings, aunts and uncles, and having loving grandmothers. All lot of people don’t have support systems or any family at all. Which is why I want to continue with my club and potentially expand it, not just helping the youth but everyone who needs help. Life isn’t easy, I can’t change the life of people but I at least want to help them be better. Thats why my life goal is to become a civil lawyer, someone who is about the people for the people. I rarely see younger lawyers of my skin color helping us or worried about us instead a lot of them are in politics more worried about the president than helping people. I want to be an example to younger people and even older people because it is never to late to chase what you want and strive for greatness. All I want to do is help people and I would do whatever it takes to get there mentally, physically, and emotionally. I want to help like my grandmother and even like Ms. Hill. When I leave this world I want to leave with a purpose and a mark on this earth, I want to help people even after life. It gives me purpose knowing I can make someone’s life easier. I want to be the kind of person who leaves other better than I found them.

I love help the youth and minorities so volunteer work is my favorite extracurricular activity more than 53,000 youth are tried as adults every year in the US. These are just a few facts when it comes to the criminal justice system. A lot of African-Americans aren’t able to get the justice they need because of opinionated people. Things like this for you can affect them in the near future can affect them getting jobs, getting houses, etc. When minors are criminalized at an early age a placement a long-term strain on courts, law-enforcement, correctional facilities and social services and every year hundreds and thousands of minors are arrested for the most nonviolent offensives like theft, drug possession or disorderly conduct and in 2021 405,000 arrest were minors in for these offensive they have to serve time which affected their life, such as getting the proper education and being able to grow with their surrounding families. Cases like these heavily made me wanna work with the youth and minorities because they’re being treated unfairly in the criminal justice system, and I feel like if kids see another minority help them Maybe they’ll feel protected in a way. Growing up a big family I have always been surrounded by kids and different minorities such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, etc. so it’s not just African-Americans I wanna help. I wanna help everyone, but I have noticed that minorities are the ones who don’t get as much help being black myself I have noticed a repetitive cycle of mistreated civilians and seeing this cycle has grown my love for wanting to be in the criminal justice system to be able to help those mistreated civilians. since 2020 I have been a part of three nonprofits that help youth individuals get out of their hardships and show them a better life so in a way I have been helping people but being a lawyer or a judge is my career goal to help those people even further. Being a part of these nonprofits have shown me that everybody doesn’t grow up the same and everybody has their own situation going on and seeing these things have grown my horizon on how everybody goes through different things and has made me more understanding as a person. So that is one change that I would like to see in the criminal justice system, and I will wanna be a part of that change.

The criminal justice system today is not really focused on African Americans and Youth. The has been a big problem years but right now we are talking about recent issues, in 2022 the arrest rates for Black individuals was 4,544 per 100,000 which is double the amount for white individuals. Black people takeover 14% of U.S. population but 32% of the 14% is incarcerated. Black students take more disciplinary action than white students. getting the proper education and being able to grow with their surrounding families. More than 53,000 youth are tried as adults every year in the US. These are just a few facts when it comes to the criminal justice system. A lot of African-Americans aren’t able to get the justice they need because of opinionated people. Things like this for you can affect them in the near future can affect them getting jobs, getting houses, etc. When minors are criminalized at an early age a placement a long-term strain on courts, law-enforcement, correctional facilities and social services and every year hundreds and thousands of minors are arrested for the most nonviolent offensives like theft, drug possession or disorderly conduct and in 2021 405,000 arrest were minors in for these offensive they have to serve time which affected their life, such as getting the proper education and being able to grow with their surrounding families. Cases like these heavily made me wanna work with the youth and minorities because they’re being treated unfairly in the criminal justice system, and I feel like if kids see another minority help them Maybe they’ll feel protected in a way. Growing up a big family I have always been surrounded by kids and different minorities such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, etc. so it’s not just African-Americans I wanna help. I wanna help everyone, but I have noticed that minorities are the ones who don’t get as much help being black myself I have noticed a repetitive cycle of mistreated civilians and seeing this cycle has grown my love for wanting to be in the criminal justice system to be able to help those mistreated civilians. since 2020 I have been a part of three nonprofits that help youth individuals get out of their hardships and show them a better life so in a way I have been helping people but being a lawyer or a judge is my career goal to help those people even further. Being a part of these nonprofits have shown me that everybody doesn’t grow up the same and everybody has their own situation going on and seeing these things have grown my horizon on how everybody goes through different things and has made me more understanding as a person. So that is one change that I would like to see in the criminal justice system, and I will wanna be a part of that change.

The criminal justice system today is not really focused on African Americans and Youth. The has been a big problem years but right now we are talking about recent issues, in 2022 the arrest rates for Black individuals was 4,544 per 100,000 which is double the amount for white individuals. Black people takeover 14% of U.S. population but 32% of the 14% is incarcerated. Black students take more disciplinary action then white students. In California ages 12 to 24 are most likely to be stopped and searched for guns and drugs. in 2017-2018 school year black students made up 15% of the enrollment but 31% of arrests a lot of schools policies, push students into the justice system instead of offering help or counseling to better them. more than 53,000 youth are tried as adults every year in the US. These are just a few facts when it comes to the criminal justice system. A lot of African-Americans aren’t able to get the justice they need because of opinionated people. Things like this for you can affect them in the near future can affect them getting jobs, getting houses, etc. When minors are criminalized at an early age a placement a long-term strain on courts, law-enforcement, correctional facilities and social services and every year hundreds and thousands of minors are arrested for the most nonviolent offensives like theft, drug possession or disorderly conduct and in 2021 405,000 arrest were minors in for these offensive they have to serve time which affected their life, such as getting the proper education and being able to grow with their surrounding families. Cases like these heavily made me wanna work with the youth and minorities because they’re being treated unfairly in the criminal justice system, and I feel like if kids see another minority help them Maybe they’ll feel protected in a way. Growing up a big family I have always been surrounded by kids snd different minorities such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, etc. so it’s not just African-Americans I wanna help. I wanna help everyone, but I have noticed that minorities are the ones who don’t get as much help being black myself I have noticed a repetitive cycle of mistreated civilians and seeing this cycle has grown my love for wanting to be in the criminal justice system to be able to help those mistreated civilians. since 2020 I have been a part of three nonprofits that help youth individuals get out of their hardships and show them a better life so in a way I have been helping people but being a lawyer or a judge is my career goal to help those people even further. Being a part of these nonprofits have shown me that everybody doesn’t grow up the same and everybody has their own situation going on and seeing these things have grown my horizon on how everybody goes through different things and has made me more understanding as a person. So that is one change that I would like to see in the criminal justice system, and I will wanna be a part of that change.