>> My story is probably the same story a lot of other people have,
but they're probably afraid to say it.
I did undergrad here at the University of Pittsburg.
I loved it; had a blast.
I was a philosophy major and I picked up poli-sci as well.
I figured there was essentially two or three tracks I could go.
I could go humanities or I could go sciences or I could try and do something
between like engineering and I basically chose humanities.
It's-- and when I chose that, I thought that's what I wanted to do.
I figured it didn't really matter what I did with in that group, I could probably go
to the same grad school or take some sort of career choice.
It wasn't going to be determinative, really.
So, philosophy was where I ended up.
I thought it was fun, I liked the people, I liked the professors,
and Pitt has a phenomenal philosophy program.
And you got to rub shoulders with some
of the greatest philosophical thinkers in the country and that was fun.
It was exciting, but, you know, in terms of job prospects,
I graduated from Pitt probably, what it was 2008.
Not a lot of people were hiring philosophers out of undergrad back then.
So, I did a year of AmeriCorps community service, which was great.
It was a fun way to spend the year.
I worked in a nonprofit organization in downtown Pittsburg.
It was a nonprofit that helped kids who had one or both parents incarcerated.
It was pretty much like a mentoring organization and I liked doing that a lot,
but during that time I also knew that I wanted a career that was going to be challenging
and I knew that I would get that by going to law school.
And that's when I made the decision to apply to law school.
I didn't always know that I wanted to be a lawyer.
I didn't grow up watching the legal shows thinking,
yeah I'm going to be a lawyer when I grow up.
I work with a lot of people who feel that way, but for me I just wanted
to make a difference in my community.
I wanted to be sort of like a figure in my community.
I wanted to be a voice for people in my community
and being a criminal prosecutor was the best way to achieve that.