For nine years I worked as a union organizer in Connecticut, Oregon, New York City, Washington DC, the Central Valley of California, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Florida. I worked mostly with low-wage service-industry workers, including hotel workers, janitors, and industrial laundry workers. I love what working people achieve through organizing a union. The fight and the victory are thrilling. I will be a union lawyer after I graduate. As a lawyer, I will be able to help workers in new ways while still being present for (most of) the exciting bits.

Someone told me there was a 100-word limit, so this is my new version.

-- AmandaBell - 19 Jan 2010