Aleena Rieger arrived in Chica­go when she was six and quick­ly became Amer­i­can. She received a BA and an MA from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan. Lat­er, mar­ried and with two daugh­ters, she received a JD and an LLM from NYU Law School, where she was an edi­tor of the Law Review. She is now an attor­ney in New York.