Wednesday, June 19, 2013



Emlyn Rickets? She works at the Chicago Police Department. Emlyn is currently working at an organization named FDLA, in which they run a 24 hour police custody hotline. She also is a part of The Street Law Program, which she goes to different schools, and teaches students about their legal rights.

She is a well respected attorney in Chicago that came from Loyola and would like to become well known for what she does in her near future.Her family has been a huge part of her life while yearning to be a lawyer. Her parents have always influenced her to do her best and try to succeed in everything she does. Her mother is a teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. Her father works at a restaurant. She said, “My mother and father have always been my heroes ever since I was a young girl, they are hardworking and made sure I was successful in life.” Emlyn’s family has always been there for her, through thick and thin. She mentions her family quite a bunch because they encouraged her to fulfill her dreams, and to stop crime in the CIty of Chicago.

Emlyn’s ideas on gang violence and segregating children from their background and where they come from are very strong. She wants to stop all of the negative activity happening in and around Chicago. She lives to help people, which makes me have a great liking towards her. She also thinks everyone deserves to be equal, go to school, and be successful in life no matter where they come from. School closings in her opinion are a very difficult thing for the youth of Chicago; she also believes students should have the right to attend their neighborhood schools because ONCE again there is a lot of violence happening and people die everyday over just wearing the wrong colors. She has a great point in expressing herself in helping to stop the closings and keep grammar school kids in their destined school.

Heroes? Her parents are a huge part of her life and were when she was a young girl. Emlyn described her parents as “hardworking and loving.” Now? Then? Her heroes will always be her parents. Her views on heroes are people who put anyone before themselves and random citizens who do things on their own time and love helping out no matter what the situation is. Heroes can be anyone you want them to be! Your parents, an action hero, ANYONE. Role models are heroes as well in their own way. Emlyn chose her parents because they have always been there for her, helped her be successful, and encouraged her to be what she is today, which is an attorney of Chicago.

Personally? Emlyn is a great person and can achieve higher goals with much more time to go. Talking to her made me realize there ARE people in the world who DO care, and love to help out the youth of Chicago. Being a lawyer is a big responsibility. You gain enemies, you lose friends, you gain friends. It’s all a win-lose situation.





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