A few dozen South Valley students this week received a first-hand introduction into what its like to work for the U.S. Marshals Service.
The Albuquerque office of the U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday hosted students from local high schools in conjunction with Junior Achievement Worldwide, according to a news release from the law enforcement agency.
Among those taking part were 25 students from Rio Grande High School. The students were assigned to deputies at the Pete V. Domenici Federal Courthouse in Downtown Albuquerque. There, the students watched the deputies perform their normal daily activities such as office work, handling prisoners in federal court and management activities, the news release states.
The students asked questions and got a “glimpse of the broad mission of the United States Marshals Service,” the agency said.
U.S. Marshal for the District of New Mexico, Conrad Candelaria, spent time with the students, which included answering questions and talking about his presidential appointment. The high school students also met with Chief Deputy Michael Ferstl, who provided them with a history of the Marshals Service.
“While visiting with students from Rio Grande High School (on Thursday), I took a walk through memory lane reminiscing on the years when I was a Rio Grande High School student, a school that many years back paved the road for my academic achievements that would eventually become the foundation of my professional career,” Candelaria said in a statement. “I was honored to share my experiences with students from Rio and to impress upon each of them that through determination, hard work and self-respect any professional goal can be achieved.”
Junior Achievement Worldwide is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs, according to the news release.
