Camille Moore, a Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) Alum who is currently attending law school at the University of Denver (DU), was a first-generation high school and college graduate, from Denver East High School and the University of Colorado Boulder, and is now a future lawyer. Camille continues to rely on the support of mentors and organizations like DSF to be successful in her career. She is the first Black person to become president of DU’s Student Bar Association and is an inspiration to her community and family, a responsibility that she does not take lightly.
As a Colorado native, Camille attended East High School and graduated in 2013. She was involved in many precollegiate programs and regularly visited her DSF Future Center. With the help of her DSF College Advisor Maria, she applied to multiple colleges for admission and was awarded over $100,000 from the support of all of the schools. Camille also recruited additional students to benefit from the help of the DSF Future Center at East to apply to college and scholarships.
Camille attended the University of Colorado Boulder where she majored in Political Science and Ethnic Studies. At CU Boulder, she met Chris Pacheco, Acting Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CU Boulder and DSF Campus Contact, who helped her get involved on campus. She joined the Honors Residential Academic Program where she led a group of incoming students and guided them through their high school to college transition, cultural events, and academic guidance. She was raised by a single mom and her sister paved the way to start college, but it was her responsibility to finish college and not just enroll. She is a role model for her cousins and after seeing what Camille has accomplished, they are inspired to go after their dreams.
Camille will be graduating from Law School at the University of Denver in the next couple of months. She enrolled in August 2020 and never thought she would be starting Law School during a pandemic. She also went through a couple of surgeries where she learned how to walk again during her first semester of law school. Currently, she is working as a Spring Law Clerk at Sherman & Howard. Camille’s words of advice to current DSF Scholars are to “Know your why while harvesting the mentorship support you already have to be successful.” Currently, she is a mentor at the law school and paves the way for generations of law students that are coming after her. She knows that she would not be where she is today without the support of others. Camille sees herself as a U.S. Senator and her goal is to be a lawyer while serving on different foundation boards to help students know their potential.
