Ask Cynthia Carrasco why she entered law school, and she'll tell you that her parents dared her to do it. And now, as the Executive Director for the Hispanic National Bar Foundation in Washington D.C. and a 2005 graduate of the University of La Verne College of Law in Southern California, she is passing along that dare to young Hispanic-Americans across the country.
As the daughter of Ecuadoran immigrants, Cynthia has always recognized the importance of taking advantage of the opportunities that come with being an American. As a kid, her parents told her, "School is your job." To help her understand the value of her education, Cynthia's parents took her and her siblings on trips around the globe to learn about different cultures and to strengthen their understanding of the promising future the USA could offer if they earned their education. Upon graduating high school, with the support of her family, Cynthia obtained a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and went to work in the non-profit sector. It was then that her parents challenged her to further her education, and for Cynthia, accepting this challenge has catapulted her straight to the top of her chosen field.
Cynthia has the confidence, poise, knowledge and experience to be an outstanding leader. In fact, she utilizes her youth as an asset, because, as she puts it, "they never see me coming." And although she has encountered some social barriers here and there, she is not daunted. Cynthia contends that much of her confidence and ability comes from her solid law school education. More specifically, she says she owes a lot to the one-on-one attention she received at the University of La Verne College of Law and sees this as one of most important benefits of attending a smaller law school.
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