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Do not take advice for granted - Mona's dad was able to inform her of how dangerous gangs were but she hadn't listened to him. Mona had also not listened to Officers Brown and Osuna telling her not to get involved with Frank Ruiz but she had gone and had a child with him. In chapter two Mona had said"My father was the center of my world, and if he said the boys were bad people, then they were bad people." showing her Father giving her advice on how the gang members weren't good people but her future only including them ignoring her father's advice. The picture above it is showing a young woman choosing to not listen to the advice given to her which can relate to Mona ignoring the advice given to her and joining a gang in her teen years only for it to backfire.

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Let the past influence your future - In the early teenage life of Mona she made decisions that later would backfire in her life but she had chosen to learn from that. On the last page of chapter fourteen, Mona explained "I often feel a sense of pride about the tattoo." conveying that Mona has learned and grown from her past to the police officer that she is today. the picture above shows how multiple people surround us and have different types of influence upon us and we have the choice to pick which we want to guide us through our life to learn from or to grow upon.

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Redemption for oneself - Mona had redeemed herself and went back to school for policing after all she's been through. In the book Two Badges chapter eleven "I walked away. That's all over now" Mona had said to Osuna when she had turned her back on Frank and started a new life wanting to go back to the police department again. The picture above is showing a woman who is having redemption with herself showing how she would like to move on from a bad past starting a new and improved life.

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Embrace your background and never be ashamed of where you came from- When Mona was faced with differences because of her background, she never changed. Chapter thirteen "I felt a part of the streets again." shows that Mona still remembers her life in F-Troop. The picture above shows how diverse everybody is in this world and embraces where they came from and Mona she uses her knowledge of her background using it for policing.

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Rewards are best earned by hard work- Mona had accomplished her dream of being a cop by going through hard work. She had gone through the misogyny of her time and the backlash of being in an ex-gang. In chapter fourteen Mona says " I look back on where I've visited during my climb to a new life." when she was talking about her trooper tattoo she explains how she sees the tattoo as a resemblance to how hard she has worked to become a police officer. The picture above displays two people one sleeping and the other working, the one falling asleep is getting nowhere which can show when mona would arrive at the station with a hangover meanwhile the second hard-working person is getting to where they need to be displaying how Mona worked hard and overcame all the stereotypes of feeling like an outsider furthermore becoming successful at policing.