My name is Yara Chabchoul and I am currently enrolled as a 1L law student at CUNY School of Law. Much like Catrina's devotion to the accessibility of the law, I dedicate much of my free time to my community in Queens, NY by educating people of all ages and backgrounds about their rights, the government benefits that they qualify for, and helping them apply to those programs. As a first-generation college graduate and a first generation graduate student, I understand the importance of bridging the gap between language and information. My parents brought me to the United States as a baby and although they have given me the privilege of education, that was not something they were able to achieve themselves. Although they are steadily proficient in English, they struggle with the language and thus struggle in understanding. I believe that despite our differences, we all should be able to access information at the same rate, with the same guidelines, and with the same help. Lack of knowledge should not be an end, and the presence of people who are outlets to justice should not be solely transactional. I plan to dedicate my career to serving the community because after all, the role of an attorney is to serve citizens and be an employee of the people. In 2015, I was a freshman in high school. My father was a green card holder (permanent resident) and we were in no position to hire an attorney. My father was working full time and my mother would stay home for my brother and me. I remember sitting in the living room with my father and mother while they were asking me what we could do to adjust my father's status so that he could gain citizenship. He had held his permanent residency for the allocated period and it was time to submit his citizenship application. I criss-cross on the carpeted floor and googled for hours. I was barely a teenager, but I wanted to help my family. What other choice did we have? In the end, I taught myself what the government websites were called and the names of the forms that I needed, I also learned that this application has to be mailed to a certain location and at that point also learned how to use the postal service. It was a long and excruciating process but we did it, and I was able to help my father gain his citizenship. The day that our lives were changed was the day that I realized I would love to be devoted to this practice for other people as well. I hope that you consider me for this scholarship and thank you for making such an opportunity available.