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Hi, my name is Susan Wright
and I'm a special agent with the FBI.

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I've been with the bureau
now for over 25 years

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and I've loved every minute of it.

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I started off in a military family,
and I think that's where I got my love

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and passion to serve this country and
my real sense of patriotism, if you will.

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I went to school.

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I studied in disciplines that were sort of
diversified international policy

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studies, political science,
French, international foreign affairs.

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I received a bachelor's
and a master's degree.

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And again, most people
that come into the bureau typically follow

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traditional tracks
of accounting and law and law enforcement.

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So initially
I thought, “will the bureau use me?”

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But quite to my surprise,
that was one of the things they told me

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they liked the most,
that I had this diversified background.

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Lots of women ask me when they find out
that I work for the bureau.

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How is it

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that I can work for the Bureau full time
and still seem to manage a family?

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I think that if you have a good partner
and somebody that you can collaborate with

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to make work and home life

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function
well and obviously make your family

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the priority that I think
it all can kind of come together.

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I've never not thought

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that I couldn't continue to have children
or to be married in this job.

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One of the biggest questions
I get from people who ask me

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what should they do before they come in
is they ask me, is it tough at Quantico?

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Is it difficult

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getting through the physical fitness
aspects and the range and such?

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And my answer to them
all the time is get ahead of that.

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There's a FBI app that you can get,
you can download,

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and it will give you the information that
you need in order to be really prepared,

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because the best way to get through
Quantico

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is to come really prepared, physically
fit, mentally fit, emotionally fit,

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because it is challenging,
but that's the way it should be.

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And that's what makes it the most fun,
is that it pushes you to your limits

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and you can accomplish things
and you can feel good about yourself.

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And and at the end of the day, you're
working for a fantastic organization

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that is here to protect and serve.

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So if you, too, have an interest
in coming to work for the bureau

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and even just the slightest
bit of interest, come check us out

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at our Diversity agent recruitment event
being held on August 22nd from 5:30 to 8:30,

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Come. Meet people like me
and other people who work for the FBI.

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We're happy to answer any questions
that you might have

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and to share with you
our stories about how we got here.