To revolutionize means to change radically or fundamentally. However, not every change
is for the better. This is why I not only want to revolutionize the American legal system, I want
to make corrective changes to the American legal system. I believe making corrective changes to
the American legal system is the way I can revolutionize the world around me for the better. I
want to further my education so I can have the resources and the knowledge to make corrective
changes to the American legal system.
Early on in life, I discovered my passion for learning and applying the law and I decided
that becoming a lawyer was my way to contribute to society and help those around me. After I
decided going into law is what I wanted to do, I knew there was a set path I had to take. I had to
graduate high school, go to college, then go to law school. I also had to deal with the stress of
overcoming barriers that were put in place to block young Haitian first generation women like
me from entering into the field of law.
As a Haitian woman, I have seen how various barriers are implemented to block
immigrants from succeeding, one being the American legal system. I intend to pursue higher
education so that one day I can lower the barriers that were put in place to prevent black
immigrants from gaining citizenship and access to resources in the United States. As an
immigration attorney, I intend to give the people in my community zealous advocacy and help
them navigate the immigration system. Far too many times people in my community are not
given adequate representation and I intend to make corrective change so that immigration
lawyers are given adequate resources and time that they need to give their clients the best legal
defense possible. Not only will I revolutionize the American legal system so that the immigration
process is more just, I will make corrective changes to it so that one day people that look like me
can proudly call it the American justice system.