{"id":875,"date":"2019-09-05T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-political-science\/?page_id=875"},"modified":"2024-07-29T20:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:24:52","slug":"ashley-vargas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/studentopportunities\/chuck-green-fellowship\/past\/2019-fellows\/ashley-vargas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Vargas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/589\/2019\/09\/Vargas-Ashley-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Ashley Vargas\" class=\"wp-image-818 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Class of 2021<br>Political Science<br>Hennepin County Attorney<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This past summer, I had the immense privilege of partnering with the Hennepin County Attorney&#8217;s Office. I was given the opportunity to work on several different projects during my time, the biggest one being creating care packages for domestic abuse victims. I noticed that many women, particularly women of color, would come into the Domestic Abuse Service Center without many basic necessities. With funding that I received through different departments at Macalester, I was able to raise enough money to buy such items and create care packages for women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partnership between NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center and the Hennepin County Attorney&#8217;s Office also began during my time there. This partnership served to provide knowledge of legal issues for the African American community that NorthPoint serves. I helped organize the very first session &#8211; a Child Support Summit. We organized it so the Attorney&#8217;s Office could bring in the Volunteer Lawyer Network and Child Support Officer. Individuals in the respective legal field will be readily available to answer questions regarding ongoing child support cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of those projects, I was also able to attend law clerk trainings, CLE courses, and attend different trials and hearings. I had the privilege of sitting in on interviews with victims who were navigating the legal system and I am thankful because they allowed me to be in their presence during such moments. I learned a lot from this fellowship, and I certainly know I plan to work in the criminal justice field myself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2021Political ScienceHennepin County Attorney This past summer, I had the immense privilege of partnering with the Hennepin County Attorney&#8217;s Office. I was given the opportunity to work on several different projects during my time, the biggest one being creating care packages for domestic abuse victims. I noticed that many women, particularly women of [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":808,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2297,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875\/revisions\/2297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}