Karla Rendon is a digital content producer for NBC Los Angeles.
As the Los Angeles Police Department celebrates its first Latina deputy chief, the woman stepping up to the responsibility is taking the historic role seriously in showing young girls and women they can achieve what they set their intentions on. Ruby Flores, a Mexican American woman raised in East Los Angeles and Norwalk, beamed with pride as she spoke with NBC4 about her new position.
The suspect was arrested but the process is what was eye-opening to me because as a woman, I felt that I was not treated appropriately.” According to Flores, the process made her feel like she was a suspect although she was the one who was targeted. That made her want to make a difference. “I wanted to come and be part of the change instead of contributing to that negative dialogue,” Flores said.
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