I was all in, and that heartbreak is real,” she says.
“I want to tell my story, I want to be vulnerable. And it’s what drives her to keep pushing forward. It’s what she experienced while running for a seat in the Wisconsin legislature. JoAnna Bautch ’17 doesn’t have to imagine this. Imagine your family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and strangers seeing your face, accompanied by the words “guilty of theft,” when they go to their mailbox, mixed among their bills and correspondence. Then, imagine your mugshot is sent to voters. You embrace being a public servant, and you seize an opportunity to make a bigger impact by running for elected office. Imagine that between now and then, you go to college, earn a degree and start a career. Imagine that, more than a decade ago, you make a mistake.Ī mistake that happens to be against the law, which you own up to, express remorse for, and work to make right.
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