Biography

Future North Carolinian

Biography

Biography

Please take the time to learn a little about me.

I was born in Berwyn, Illinois to Judith Marie and Emil Frank Kratochvil (deceased) and have a younger brother, Nicholas Emil Kratochvil. I grew up in Berwyn until the age of 13 when I became a Department of Children and Family Services ward. I started this part of my life in Chicago Heights at Aunt Martha's, a group home. Then I was transferred to Maryville Academy and lived in Des Plaines and Bartlett. I learned to survive despite the hard circumstances while in this situation. From this I also learned that everyone, regardless of background deserves to have a voice. I overcame many obstacles adn learned that if one applies themselves anything can be achieved. Icurrently live in Chicago but plan to move to Raleigh, North Carolina in a few years.

I am a warm, friendly, and outgoing person.

I have held jobs as a hostess, administrative specialist, Senate intern, and tutor. I also volunteer with the Air Force and assist with recruiting and am a DePaul Ambassador (admissions volunteer). I also performed community service at a rehabilitation center. Currently I am a fundraising canvasser for the Democratic National Committee.

My hobbies are reading, writing, collecting military memorabelia, music, and sports. My interests include politics, military (Air Force), law, education, and current events. I am politically active in the DePaul Democrats. I am politically moderate and enjoy a good debate. I work political campaigns. I am an enthusiastic supporter of Sen. John R. Edwards and volunteered for his presidential campaign in Davenport, Iowa and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I also volunteered for the U.S. Senate Camapign of Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes. I also volunteered in 2000 for Paul Vallas's gubernatorial campaign. I am a member of the Democratic Leadership Council and the Democratic Party.

I am a 1997 graduate of John Hersey Highschool after having started out at Nipper Career Education Center and Morton East High School. I, however was ill prepared for the challenge of college. I have overcome this after transferring between school five times.

I started out at Elgin Community College in 1998 in the Electronics Technology program. I transferred in to the Journalism program at Columbia College in 1999 and in 2000 entered the Paralegal Studies program at MacCormac Junior College. My last stop on this oddessy was Roosevelt University where I settled on Political Science as a major and was going to earn a B.A. and a paralegal certificate through the B.A./Paralegal Certificate program.

Currently, I am a Junior Political Science major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul University and plan to graduate in June 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. My concentratration is American Government and Politics. I also plan to earn a paralegal certificate from the Thomson Education Direct.

I would like to attend the University of North Carolina for graduate and law school. My second choice is Duke.

Air Force ROTC Cadet

Air Force Cadet

Air Force

My oddesy with the Air Force was four years long. It began in 1998 when I applied to be a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. However, my bid as a cadet fell short because my academic record was not good enough. I tried to enlist by talking to a recruiter. I also joinen Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 195 in order to prepsre for Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base,Texas. This entire process took two years, icluding a reccommendation from the Commandant of Cadets, to recieve word that I was disqualified. As a cadet I held three corps positions: Publications Representitive, Supply Representative, and Military Ball Representative and earned a Recruiting Ribbon for assisting in the recruitment of 60 new cadets. I also joined Arnold Air Society and was the Puclic Affairs Officer and attained the rank of Cadet First Lieutenant in the Col. Francis Scobee Squadron as well as Mach 4 and the Reserve Officer Assoociation. I plan to start a chapter of Silver Wings Society. I was a special student in ROTC through 2003 Autumn.

I also joined the Air Force Association and the Association of Air Force Missileers.

I volunteeer at the Chicagoland Air and Water Show every summer at the Air Force recruting tent. I earned a Certificate of Appreciation from Air Force Recruiting Service.