克里斯特律师事务所，P.C.国家奖学金2017年获奖者

斯科特C.克里斯特律师事务所的Krist，P.C.很高兴地宣布其2017年国家奖学金的获胜者，这是一个10,000美元的奖励，这将有助于一个值得拥有良好性格的学生，致力于进一步教育，以及高度的动机进一步进一步的教育和技能。Maya Hairston的故事是决心，帮助帮助他人，以及对她未来的职业生涯作为律师的热情。这些品质，结合她出色的学校记录，对未来的计划，与儿童合作的经验表明，首选真正体现了奖学金的精神。

在她在Confl本科阶段的学习ict Analysis and Resolution at a predominantly white institution, Maya Hairston noticed that her peers and professors were treating her differently and assuming she spoke for every one of her race when it came to topics like mass incarceration and violent crime. Instructors, though well-intentioned, would laud her with compliments, including:

“你这么雄辩。”

“You articulate well.”

“You are not like the others.”

虽然她的教师意味着很好，但这些评论开始穿着发型的精神，呈现她的伦理困境，这些困境是拥抱围绕着她的种族的刻板印象，或者抵制这些刻板印象，因为这不是她作为一个人。周围这个问题的每个问题都会对她的幸福感到伤害，因此在她的本科学位计划三年半后，Hairston发现了自己的答案。

If she gave into how others perceived her, she would be denying her true identity and performing a disservice to herself. Armed with the realization that embracing her black identity would allow her to live an authentic life, she set out on a bright future.

Hairston在城市宾夕法尼亚州长大，她看到了她的朋友和同龄人在暴力犯罪和枪口暴力中占据了牺牲品的牺牲品，从中看到了多么容易。她作为哥伦比亚特派团特区的调查员的工作，与她的学习与她的人民的学习配对，推动了她对应对不与她的身份失败的困境的​​热情。

Maya Hairston决定有几个原因去法学院。她想通过理解创造改变。她渴望正义和法律，更彻底了解，以便人们，特别是孩子，不必不公正受苦。她希望有一天为非营利组织工作，专注于少年监禁，康复和改革。在她的申请文章中，Hairston写道，“刑事司法系统是一个循环。如果我们改革少年司法系统更加关注刑事司法的康复方面，我们可以停止循环。“

她过去的经验为这一激情奠定了基础。她在公共卫卫者服务的立场让她与被指控性侵犯和谋杀的个人合作。作为重罪的调查员1次试验律师，她与自己的人密切合作，因为他们是青少年。

Her goal isn’t to “save the lives of millions of black boys and girls born into circumstances outside of their control.” Rather, Hairston wants to give young people a chance at a good life and “stop the cycle.”

克里斯特律师事务所，P.C.started its annual scholarship contest in 2015, so that students like Maya Hairston could work towards her academic and professional goals without the added stress of affording tuition. For Hairston, the $10,000 award will allow her to focus on her first-year law studies, which are widely recognized as the most challenging time of the academic program. By receiving the 2017 National Scholarship award, Maya Hairston will be able to fully-devote her attention to her studies, which will help further establish the foundation she needs for a successful career in the criminal justice system.

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