DORAL, Fla. - Gricenia Rodriguez dreams of having a long career in law enforcement, but the dispatcher and public records clerk has had to put her dream on hold to prepare for a heart transplant.
Rodriguez, 27, worked at the Sweetwater Police Department, and she was working with the Doral Police Department in records when she was forced to go on a medical leave.
"Gricenia is a big part of our Doral PD family and when one of us is in need we ALL must do our part to help," Lt. Orlando Sanchez wrote on GoFundMe.
Police officers from several departments in Miami-Dade County have moved to support Rodriguez, a Coral Park Senior High School graduate and Florida International University student.
The event organizers have ongoing raflees for dinner vouchers, movie vouchers and a large television.