Ms. MariaCarolina Gomez is a third-year law student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she currently serves as Vice President of the Student Bar Association and Co-President of the First Generation Law Students organization. She received her bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University. Ms. Gomez hopes to use her law degree to advance human rights through public interest work and looks forward to continuing her journey as a soon-to-be attorney. She plans to use the HLSF scholarship in her preparation for the bar exam this summer.