During my first week in Philadelphia, the body of an Asian student, who was raped and murdered, was dumped outside my apartment complex.  That same week, the FBI arrests a good portion of the City Council for corruption.  In neighboring Fairmount Park, a serial rapist is on the loose.  For the next three years, I am the workhorse of my unit, completing more than my share of cases – including homicides, sexual assaults, crimes against children, drugs, and even one involving torture.  I have oral arguments in Superior Court, the second highest Pennsylvania court.  I will never forget the first time I say, “Good morning, my name is Assistant District Attorney V-Tsien Fan and I represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”  I am 26.  The cases and overall environment have an effect; I develop a stomach ulcer, I am internally bleeding for years.  But I get to be 1 of 300 protecting the city.