Michelle

Senior Michelle Lopez has always been interested in the justice system. When she was a child she enjoyed watching shows about good guys chasing bad guys. In middle school, when she started to read books for fun, she turned to whodunit novels to quench her desire to live the life of a detective. It is no surprise that her dream career is to be a crime scene investigator. Crime scene investigators are detectives who analyze crime scenes for evidence that can link them to a potential perpetrator. In high school Michelle opted to be a cheerleader to develop her people skills, because she knew she would have to deal with different personalities.
“I know that when most people look at me in my cheerleading uniform they probably don’t think that I actually have ambitions. The fact is that I do! I want to be a crime scene investigator so that I can help catch criminals and make this world a safer place. When I was young I told myself that I wanted to change the world and I truly believe that, if I can achieve my goal of being a Crime Scene Investigator, then I might just have a shot of doing just that,” said Lopez.
Michelle knows that it won’t be easy to become a Crime scene investigator, but she has enough ambition to make it a reality. She is planning to attend California State University at Los Angeles for its noted criminal justice program. She will be required to take Criminal Psychology and an Introduction to Criminal Law. Although an annual salary of $35,000-$60,000 sounds modest to most, Michelle is still motivated to accomplish her dream.