Ms. Michelle Barrera-Valenzuela is a third-year law student at DePaul University College of Law. She received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Illinois Chicago. Ms. Barrera-Valenzuela aspires to dedicate her legal career to human rights work. She plans to use the HLSF scholarship to lessen the financial burden of bar exam application expenses, thus allowing her to focus on her studies. This summer, she will be sitting for the Illinois bar exam.