Cherishing the Opportunity to Vote

Bronx —

Sindy Jenkins, 49, walked down the stairs of P.S. 73 in Highbridge with a big smile on her face clapping and laughing. She voted for the first time Tuesday.

“My family told me politics is not for us; it is not for us to vote,” Jenkins said.

She said her life had been full of bad choices and poor decisions. Jenkins spent seven years in jail and since her release, in 2004, she says she has worked towards turning her life around. The opportunity to vote, she says, is one she takes seriously.