MICHELLE PARRA
YEAR Junior
MAJOR(S) Political Science 
FAVORITE FICTIONAL ATTORNEY Rudy Baylor from The Rainmaker by John Grisham and Harvey Specter from Suits 
BIO Well throughout the course of my 21 years old, I have lived in 3 countries so far. And to a high degree of certainty, I can say that that’s made me the person I am today. I’m a political science major student with aspirations to go to law school. At around 15 years old I was consumed by John Grisham’s books about lawyers and their stories. I admired their ability to use the law as a means to help people. I became highly interested with what I now know: it’s one of the most competitive and challenging professions. 
Something that I consider a fun fact about me is that I proficiently speak three languages, those being Spanish, English and German (I’m thinking Italian’s coming next). As I mentioned before, I have lived in a different series of completely different places around the world, which at first was kind of difficult to adapt to, but it has given me the opportunity to be open-minded, resilient, well grounded and competent.                                            
This is my first season doing mock trial at Penn State but I’m super excited and ready to give it my best. Also, I am obsessed with the campus squirrels- for sure one of the main reasons why I love Penn State so much! 

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