Like many first-generation college students, criminal justice major and senior Gabriela Roggy felt compelled to attend college and do well to make her parents’ hard work and sacrifices worth it.
After applying and being accepted to the McNair Scholars Program as a sophomore and with the support of program coordinator Sarah Ritter, Roggy found passions for learning and developing as a student, and now she is finishing college for herself with her own ambitions for the future.
“Through my internships at Faces of Hope and the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program, I have found great interest in working with marginalized and vulnerable populations,” said Roggy. “My goals are to get my master in sociology and eventually go to law school so that I can devote myself to representing disadvantaged populations within the criminal justice system.”