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<h3>From McDonalds to the Delaware Supreme Court - A Story of Grit and Determination</h3>
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<p>Sabrina Hendershot refers to her life thus far as, &ldquo;The triumph of the American dream.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a fitting assessment of this third-year law student&rsquo;s life when you consider that she has come from working the McDonald&rsquo;s 6 AM shift for a meager $5.25 per hour at the young age of 15, to soon graduating third in her class with a prestigious Delaware Supreme Court clerkship waiting.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Born into a lower-middle class, single-parent household, Sabrina inherited a fierce work ethic from her mom and quickly learned that what she wanted, she had to work for. And work she did. &ldquo;I proudly wore my McDonald&rsquo;s visor and took care to iron my blue button down shirt. I saved enough money to buy my first car.&rdquo; When she was 16, Sabrina &ldquo;upgraded&rdquo; to a six-day-a-week waitressing job at a local pizzeria, while also balancing a full load of advanced high school courses and leadership positions. &ldquo;I can still remember bussing dirty tables after a long night of serving disgruntled customers and thinking, <em>There has to be more to life than this</em>.&rdquo;</p>
<p>A &ldquo;burning desire&rdquo; to do better and a commitment to making herself a competitive applicant, fueled Sabrina&rsquo;s long hours as she worked to fund her education &ndash; from application fees to college tuition. Her resolve paid off when she became a student at Texas A&amp;M University. While there, Sabrina set her sights on becoming an attorney and accepted an unpaid internship at the local district attorney&rsquo;s office while also working three jobs and maintaining a full course load. She graduated <em>cum laude</em> and began applying to law schools.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I was elated when I was accepted to Delaware Law School and was offered a substantial scholarship,&rdquo; she recalls. &ldquo;I was excited that the school was willing to invest in me.&rdquo; When she arrived, &ldquo;Law school was unlike anything I&rsquo;d experienced. The professors were experts and the students were cultured. When the first grades were posted, I remember thinking, <em>Please don&rsquo;t let me fail out.</em> To my surprise, I earned a 3.86 GPA, placing me third in my class.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Sabrina&rsquo;s hard work &ndash; and success &ndash; continued during her first year of law school. She held two jobs while also earning a place on the <em>Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. </em>While a member of the <em>Journal</em> staff, Sabrina developed an appreciation for the depth of case law and specialization of the Delaware courts. By her second year of law school, Sabrina was intent on pursuing a career in corporate law in Delaware. Her passion for corporate law grew as, at the same time, one of her articles was selected for publication in the <em>Journal</em>. This led her to an internship with the Delaware Court of Chancery.</p>
<p>In the following years, Sabrina maintained her scholarship and internship, while also holding leadership roles in law school student organizations including the Student Bar Association and Transactional Law Honor Society. She also mentored and tutored several classmates, and earned a fellowship with the Delaware Supreme Court where, as she explains, &ldquo;I learned first-hand about the &lsquo;Delaware Way.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve come a long way since my McDonald&rsquo;s days. I never imagined that I&rsquo;d have such a rewarding and intellectually stimulating future career, but through hard work and persistence, I have earned it.&rdquo;</p>