Attorney Angela Fowler is passionate about what she does. She was among the first students admitted to the Norman Manley Law School at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, and the first female partner at the law firm Livingston, Alexander and Levy.

"It was exciting," she said of entering law school. She had planned on going to England to study law but her parents couldn't afford it.

"Even as a child I always knew what I wanted. When I heard that UWI would be offering law, it was a golden opportunity. There was no cost, just a caution fee. I believe I paid about $60. That gave my parents a break," she said.

"It was exciting with all the social changes that were taking place at that time."

Fowler received a Government of Jamaica scholarship to attend Cave Hill campus in Barbados. The past student of Alpha Academy found Barbados very exciting. "It was amazing. Jamaicans took Cave Hill by storm." Fowler fancies being a mover and shaker and is currently working on pension issues in Jamaica. She is proud of the reforms she has worked on so far and her colleagues fondly call one amendment the 'Fowler Amendment'.

She notes that her desire to get into law, perhaps, stemmed from her childhood fantasy of being like Portia (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)

Fowler doesn't let obstacles stand in her way, as she balances being an attorney, mother and wife. "I didn't see obstacles. I just see what I have to do, and do it. My daughter Jaime calls me supermom," she chuckles.

Fowler began working at Livingston, Alexander and Levy in in 1975 and became a partner in 1977. She couldn't imagine working anywhere else than at this 98-year-old firm. "I wouldn't have wanted to work anywhere else. It suits my personality; they believe in quality."