SHE WORE A TOY BADGE AT FIVE, NOW SHE IS LEADING THE FORCE
I still remember how that oversized blue Halloween costume dragged around my ankles and how the flimsy plastic badge clung to my chest. I was five years old, staring into the mirror with absolute certainty—I was going to be a police officer. Everyone thought it was a phase. Aunt Cici laughed and said I’d be…