My great-grandfather was an immigrant from Ukraine who came to New York City when he was three years old. He enrolled in City College, taking law classes at night while he worked labor-intensive jobs during the day. The year he took the bar, he had the second highest score in the state of New York. Yet no law firm would hire him, because he was Jewish. He decided to practice independently, taking on any case that came his way. He ended up representing immigrants, folks fighting for housing, and the people of New York City who needed a representative to defend them in their most vulnerable moments. forming a human chain to try and carry supplies into the besieged Polytechnic University 's “Happiness," writing, “Hurting my feelings by reminding me that just bc things ended doesn’t mean they were bad.”Twitter contentView on TwitterTwitter contentView on TwitterTwitter contentView on TwitterTwitter contentView on Twitter caught up with the actress — she currently stars on Disney Channel'sBunk'd