Jennifer Velazquez
  Jennifer Velazquez was outgoing during the interview. She made us laugh and was cool about the questions that she was asked. Jennifer is 19 years of age and is almost a junior in college. She graduated high school in 2012 and she started helping her community during her sophomore year in high school.
 When we asked her about education and if education is important for everyone, she stressed that education is important to everyone no matter what. Also one of her answers was that if CPS can really improve on students behavior and end suspensions, CPS can improve the education of the students. When asked if she likes helping people she replied, “ I always have the drive to help people.”
 Jennifer works for Logan Square Neighborhood Association or LSNA for short. She has been working at LSNA since 2012 where she does a lot of work with social justice and she puts together events for students at Kelvyn Park High School. She helped students with no documents go to college and helped them apply to college as well.
 When asked about issues affecting our community and schools she gave us good answers but her two best ones were that youth violence is a huge issue in our community and, the closing of public schools just to open charter schools is pointless. When asked what she would do if she was in charge of CPS she said, “I would put people from the community on the board of education instead of money hungry people.”
Jennifer believes heroes should be open minded and are not afraid to stand up for themselves and others. She also said that heroes can be young and of almost any age to help people.  “You don’t have to be from a different planet or have super powers in order to be a hero,” when asked about how someone can become a hero.