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Why Kamila Wants To Go To Georgetown Law

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I am writing on behalf of Kamila Rivas, who is currently on the waitlist for the Law Center. She wants to go to Georgetown Law and has told me expressly that if she is admitted she will go. She is kind, exceptionally accomplished, and is the kind of person that I would be honored and grateful to have as a fellow Hoya. She currently works at Creative Associates International as a technical manager. The company supports social development throughout the developed world, and her responsibilities, among other things, include managing government-funded programs worth millions of dollars. She and I met a few weeks ago at a conference on preventing radicalism, that her company sponsored at the Law Center. We followed up in a phone conversation, where she explained in greater detail why she wants to be a lawyer, and why specifically she wants to go to Georgetown. …show more content…

Kamila grew up in El Salvador and grew up next to areas of extreme violence and poverty. In that setting, Kamila and her family did community service on a regular basis. Her fire to serve the less fortunate comes from the habit she picked up from her parents growing up, and the indignation at witnessing such poverty throughout her childhood. Kamila believes that the law has the potential to be a powerful resource through which the less fortunate are uplifted and that as a lawyer, she can help the law fulfill that

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