Karla Hampton is from Richmond, California. She went to De Anza High School and received the President Scholars Award, a four-year academic scholarship, to attend California State University, Long Beach.

As an undergraduate, she participated in the Stanford University Summer Biomedical Research Program where she assisted in immunology and HIV research. In addition, as a McNair Scholar, Karla has conducted and presented her research at the American Public Health Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

On the basis of her academic achievements, in 1999 Karla was named by USA Today as one of the 200 best and brightest college students in the nation. She graduated from college in May 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science, Community Health Education.

In the fall of 2001, Karla began her law school career at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law with plans to pursue biomedical and health care law. After her first year of law school Karla had this to say:

I have met wonderful and supportive classmates, as well as faculty who have enriched my legal education. During my first semester, I was able to tackle difficult legal concepts and address social issues by participating in the 2001 Women's Health Symposium.

In addition, I enjoyed the full law school experience by joining several student organizations, such as the Boalt Hall Women's Association and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. I am grateful for the financial and moral support the Allen E. Broussard Scholarship Foundation has given to me. I look forward to another successful year at Boalt Hall!

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Originally from the Bronx, New York, Danielle was a second year law student at the University of San Francisco when she received her Broussard Scholarship. She has devoted the past 12 years to empowering the lives of people of color in non-profit organizations, higher education, and the private sector.

Danielle is interested in pursuing a career in Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Law and plans to work at a major film studio or television network where she hopes to radically change the visual representation of people of color in film and television. She holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from West Virginia University, a M.A. in Black Studies and a M.A. in Women's Studies both from Ohio State University.

As Danielle was preparing for graduation she gave the Broussard Foundation this update:

The Allen E. Broussard Scholarship provided me with the opportunity to accept non-paid internships at California Lawyers for the Arts and Reel Life Women Productions where I continued to develop the skills I need to pursue my career in Entertainment Law.

Additionally, I am currently a legal intern with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Moffett Field and work in the chief counsels office. At NASA I hone my legal research and writing skills by working on intellectually challenging problems.

I also was appointed to serve a three-year term on the State Bar of California's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Committee. This summer I plan to work in Los Angeles at a major film production company and study Entertainment Law at Southwestern University.

I look forward to the day when a movie is brought to the big screen because I negotiated the deal! Thank you to the Allen E. Broussard Scholarship Committee for helping to ease my financial burden as I pursue my dreams.

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Olivia received a Broussard Scholarship during her third year at Boalt Hall. At the time Olivia wanted to dedicate her life to working in the public interest field. While at Boalt, she volunteered at many different legal services agencies in the areas of housing, immigration, public benefits, and domestic violence law.

Upon graduating from law school, she planned to work in a San Francisco non-profit that would allow her to use her creative talents (in art, poetry, and drama) in doing social change work. Olivia's personal interests include writing spoken word pieces, traveling, and enjoying the outdoors with her 10-year-old German Shepherd pup. After graduating from law school Olivia was began to realize her goals:

I began working at the San Francisco non-profit, Services for Prisoners with Children. I was fortunate enough to be awarded a two-year New Voices Fellowship by Ford Foundation to work on a project that addresses the needs of incarcerated survivors of domestic violence.

As part of my project, I revived the California Coalition for Battered Women in Prison (CCBWP), which today is a statewide, grassroots coalition of attorneys, students, activists, and others who are working for and with survivors of domestic violence in prison.

Through legal assistance, community organizing, prison visits, media work, and other strategies, my work aims to reform the prison system and deliver justice to those women who have been denied it so long. If you'd like to support my project, please email me.

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