To get started on her career dreams, Kennedi Carter’s next step is to attend the University of Louisville and participate in a program that will allow her to finish both her undergraduate work and law school in six years.
What’s the big hurry?
Kennedi says the push will allow her to “get out sooner so I can start my career sooner.”
That career path will first include criminal defense and family law.
She’s interested in helping people, especially those looking to bounce back from a mistake.
“I believe everybody deserves a second chance,” she said.
And she wants to locate in Frankfort, the seat of state government, to be closer to governmental workings, which, she plans will lead to the next step of her career plan—a Kentucky state representative.
Later on after that step, she has even bigger plans. She wants to be a United States senator.
She said she’s interested in getting into politics because “every voice matters…especially women’s voices.”
She remembers freshman English class with Mrs. Amy Kellen as her favorite, pointing out the instructor’s innovative teaching and hands-on style as one reason she improved her ACT so much.
Kennedi attended pre-K at Thelma B. Johnson Early Learning Center and is part of the first class to attend there and finish all the way through HCHS.
Kennedi has a future mapped out. She’s grateful for the base she got at Henderson County High School, which includes pre-law and law enforcement classes taken in the CTE unit.
She also did a co-op at the local law firm Deitz, Shields, Freeburger & Durbin. Kennedi was also named the Henderson Fiscal Court’s Judge’s scholar, an honor when school officials pick one student from a school for recognition; the Law Enforcement student of the year; historian for the HCHS SkillsUSA. She was also the state SkillsUSA post-secondary vice president.
