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Growing up in Camden, Jenise Rivera witnessed police officers stopping friends and neighbors – mostly Hispanic males – randomly. “Police asked people questions that shouldn’t really matter,” Rivera says. “Like when people were hanging around just talking, sitting on steps outside their homes, and kids doing what they normally do, being rambunctious.”
National distrust between minority communities and the criminal justice system – born from years of injustices – prompted Rivera to pursue a career in law, where she can use her skills to represent and advocate for her community in legal matters. This May, she will receive her juris doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in Camden.