#immigrant-background

#immigrant-background

By day, Olufunmilola Obe commands the NYPD's Transportation Bureau as a three-star chief. By night, and in the precious hours between shifts, she was buried in casebooks and legal briefs, chasing a second calling. After four years of night school, Obe achieved what she once only imagined: passing the bar exam while still on the job, proving that even at the highest levels of policing, ambition doesn't stand still.

Growing up, my first job was to be a translator for my family at age 6. As a teenager, my job was working the front desk at the restaurant they were eventually able to open,