I stared at my assailant’s knife and realized that in an instant my life had changed. I no longer felt invincible, no longer felt safe. Rather, I was overcome with fear. The story of my path – which has included graduating from Rice University, turning down a consulting job for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and attending law school at Northwestern University – to becoming a lawyer at Sidley is a story of facing fear, fighting back and fulfilling my professional goal.