Alicia Blanco:  

So I loved drama class at Westchester H.S. and thought those who were able to make a living through acting were really lucky. I wanted to act, but wasn't crazy about the idea starving in the process, so I became a trial lawyer. I've been a Deputy Federal Public Defender now for almost 20 years and have loved almost every moment of it. Every once in awhile I am forced to represent an individual who I am not fond of but, by and large, I love, appreciate and genuinely understand the majority of my clients. What I most love about my job is helping people through what is for most, their darkest hour. I am married to a Deputy United States Marshal whom I met about 11 years ago after he arrested a client that I had worked really hard to get out on bail. I was upset at the hearing to revoke bail and took much of my frustration out on him. Five years later, I happened to see him on The L...Expand for more