Early last Spring I was offered an amazing opportunity to work for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)…I was quickly faced with a daunting realization; I did not have the means to support myself while working full time for free over the summer. I come from a low income background and can only attend law school because I was fortunate enough to receive generous scholarships. The internship at CAST was quickly looking too expensive for me to consider. Because CAST is a non-profit organization they naturally cannot afford to pay legal interns for their services. In addition I would need to drive an hour and a half to get to work each day, pay for my own food as well as pay for parking at a fifteen dollar a day rate. To offset those costs I applied to become an Equal Justice America fellow for the summer of 2017 and was awarded funds which allowed me to pursue my passion and work at CAST this past summer, and for that I am extremely grateful.