Maggie Marks

## Margaret Marks

Maggie Marks

**Margaret Mary Marks** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst, she is a current member of the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF). She is also a professional competitive shooter and member of the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST).

## Early Life

Margaret Mary Marks was born in Pasadena, California on Monday February 19, 1996. She is the only child of Richard Marks, an American financial advisor, and Jennifer Marks (née Bell), an English born city attorney and legal advisor for the city of Glendale, California. Maggie is also the niece of HSI Special Agent Sean Marks and his wife pediatrician Toni Marks (née Arwood), and the granddaughter of James B. Marks, the patriarch of The Marks Family, and his late wife Louisa Marks.

Maggie was born a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom due to her mother being born in England. Maggie was a friendly and well behaved child but she was also very energetic and occasionally hyperactive, this led to her taking up dance classes when she was 4. Maggie eventually gravitated towards ballet and proved to be a quick learner, she studied at the Pasadena Dance Theatre from age 4 to 12. As Maggie’s abilities become apparent, she dreamed of one day dancing with The Royal Ballet in her mother’s native England. Maggie’s dream only strengthened when at age 7, she got to see The Royal Ballet perform while she was visiting England with her mother to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. Maggie would later credit this experience as the defining moment in her life, both for forming her childhood dream and for leading her down the path to experience everything that was to come in later years.

Maggie attended Polytechnic School from kindergarten to 6th grade. Maggie credits a teacher of hers for teaching her the importance of mathematics, leading to a lifelong love of mathematics and computer science. Despite math not being Maggie’s strongest subject, it was always her favorite and she had originally planned to pursue a degree in mathematics before her ballet dream changed her plans. Maggie would eventually credit her interest in math with her choice to study computer science.

Maggie successfully auditioned for the Junior Session at the School of American Ballet, which she attended in June 2007. After another successful audition in January of the following year, she was accepted to the Summer Course which she attended between July and August 2008. After the course finished, Maggie was invited to join the Winter Term, SAB's year-round training program. Maggie's parents were initially unsure how to make it work but eventually a family friend, Angela Hadid, offered to be her temporary guardian so she could attend the SAB. Maggie started attending SAB full time on September 8, 2008 when she was 12 and quickly made friends with Lindsey Shaw, the two became best friends and eventually started dating in 2010. Maggie competed at the 2010 Youth America Grand Prix, winning the bronze medal in the junior category. During this time Maggie attended the Professional Children's School where she was a classmate of fellow aspiring dancer and future actress Margaret Qualley, as well as actor Nat Wolff, and composer Conrad Tao. Despite SAB’s rigorous training and the effort involved, Maggie remained a straight A student and graduated a year early with a 4.0 GPA on May 24, 2013. After graduation, Maggie earned a Computer Technology Certificate from Fisher College via their online program.

## Ballet Career

Maggie became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet on October 3, 2011, she was asked to join the Company as a member of the corps de ballet on March 24, 2012. Maggie initially enjoyed her career, the culmination of her childhood dream, however she soon realized that she’d fallen in love with the romanticized notion of being a ballerina as opposed to the reality of a life in that career. Maggie found herself working long hours for practically nothing, receiving questionable treatment from instructors, and working through mounting injuries. Maggie was also dealing with intense isolation, she was 16 and alone in a big city without her parents or Lindsey, while dealing with constant stress and pain, as well as dealing with the aftermath of being a survivor of sexual abuse.

During her career Maggie performed in Swan Lake (Italian Princess), Vienna Waltzes (background), The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine, Fairy of Songbirds), and The Nutcracker (Dewdrop Fairy). Maggie also performed in several Off-Broadway shows and performed as a body/dance double in a 2014 arthouse film, The Dance of Darkness, about a depressed ballerina struggling to survive her career, her worsening mental health, and her increasing addiction issues. Despite being told she’d receive no credit for her work on the film, the actress that Maggie doubled for credited Maggie at several events related to the film.

While an apprentice with the NYCB, Maggie met and became best friends with fellow apprentice Miranda Snow. She also met and became close friends with Miranda’s romantic and business partner Elija Le, a freelance choreographer and retired dancer. Maggie and Miranda performed in several of Le’s productions, including appearing as Peter Pan and Tinker Bell respectively in Le’s 2013 ballet adaptation of Peter Pan. Maggie also appeared as the lead character of Miranda in Le’s ballet adaptation of The Tempest. Despite Le’s ballet adaptations being considered ‘rather strange’ by most critics, Maggie’s performance was still highly praised. It was the largest role Maggie had performed, albeit not as part of the New York City Ballet.

On November 12, 2013 Maggie on a whim decided to apply to college at Barnard College, she reasoned if she made it and got to attend a women’s liberal arts college as she’d always dreamed of then it was meant to be and if not, she could keep dancing for the meantime. On January 9, 2014 Maggie was offered the position of soloist, she accepted however by that time she realized her heart wasn’t in it anymore and was desperately hoping for good news on her Barnard application. On April 17, 2014, much to her amazement and surprise, Maggie received an acceptance letter from Barnard College, she shared the good news with her equally shocked mother and company. While her company was disappointed as they believed she had what it took to be a great dancer, they respected her decision, especially in light of the abuse she’d endured throughout her time there. Maggie’s parents on the other hand were ecstatic with the decision and believed she could really live up to the potential they always knew she had. On August 16, 2014, after an emotional performance as the Dewdrop Fairy in The Nutcracker, Maggie’s short career as a ballerina came to an end and her life as a college student began.

After Maggie’s final ballet performance, she made a MeToo post on social media explaining her career choices and her retirement. She explained that she was a survivor and thanked her friends and colleagues who’d supported her. She also thanked both the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet for helping her achieve her childhood dream, even if only briefly. This was Maggie’s way of vocalizing her story for the first time outside of her own circle.

## Sexual Abuse

### Background

Between 2008 and 2012, from age of 12 to 16, Maggie was the victim of sexual abuse from her legal guardian, Angela Hadid. The abuse started shortly after Maggie went to live with her Angela while she was attending the School of American Ballet in New York City. Maggie’s abuse started out with seemingly harmless comments and complaints about Maggie, it turned to inappropriate comments and sexually explicit conversations, this led to touching and in turn led to full sexual assault and abuse. As the abuse continued it grew more and more severe with Angela coming to become sexually aroused by Maggie’s discomfort and pain. Some of the abuse included Angela performing oral and digital sex on Maggie, forcing Maggie to perform oral sex on her, as time passed the abuse got more and more serious, it culminated with Angela forcibly penetrating Maggie with various objects and eventually her hand. Angela kept Maggie from reporting her by threatening to ruin her aspiring career, and worse by threatening to do the same to her own daughter if Maggie didn’t comply. The abuse culminated with a trip to the hospital after Angela injured Maggie during an especially aggressive assault on night. Angela used her position as a lawyer to avoid the nurse reporting the incident as suspected child abuse.

Eventually on Thursday July 26, 2012, Maggie who was then 16 confided in Lindsey about the years of abuse she had suffered. Despite asking Lindsey to promise not to tell anyone else, Lindsey contacted the NYPD and reported what had happened. Detectives from the 20th Precinct along with Special Victims Division detectives came to her workplace to speak with her to avoid tipping off Angela. Despite initially refusing to discuss her abuse, Maggie reluctantly shared her story with the detectives after they promised to protect Angela’s daughter from any retaliatory abuse as Angela had always promised to do. Angela was arrested without incident that afternoon at her home in Central Park West. The following day Maggie’s mother Jennifer flew to New York City to be by Maggie’s side during her grueling and emotional interview about her years of abuse at the hands of Angela. Jennifer not only had to hear the horrific details of Maggie’s abuse but also deal with the fact that her best friend, the person she’d picked to be Maggie’s guardian, was the person responsible for abusing her daughter. Angela was arraigned and pled not guilty, alleging Maggie had an inappropriate fixation on her and had made up the abuse when Angela rebuffed her advances.

### Trial of Angela Hadid

Angela’s trial took place between Friday September 13, 2013 and Friday September 27, 2013, Angela was prosecuted by Gina Taylor from the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Angela stuck to her original story and tried to portray herself as a victim of Maggie’s misplaced infatuation. Unbeknownst to Angela at the time of the abuse, Maggie kept a detailed journal in her email account which covered her entire history of abuse in excruciatingly lengthy and graphic detail. Despite the defense knowing about the journal and its contents since discovery, they still tried to portray Maggie as an entitled young woman who was infuriated when Angela rebuffed her then made up abuse allegations to retaliate. The prosecution argued that there was no way Maggie could have made up such a detailed account prior to her accusations against Angela, they also brought in a digital forensics expert who testified that the journal entries were made on the days the abuse had occurred and had not been edited or even accessed once they were created.

Angela was found guilty by unanimous decision of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, a Class B felony, and at her sentencing hearing on Thursday November 28, 2013, she was sentenced to 10 years plus 5 years of post-release supervision. The judge remarked that Angela had a good chance for rehabilitation as it was her first offense. Maggie’s victim impact statement was especially moving, with Angela and even the judge being visibly emotional as Maggie read it.

### Aftermath

The verdict caused significant outrage, with various commentators saying that had Angela been a male offender and being convicted of the same offense, she would have been given a much harsher sentence as the potential maximum sentence is 25 years. Maggie spoke out about the stigma of being the survivor of sexual abuse where the perpetrator was a woman. She explained how several people had disregarded or tried to minimize her abuse by suggesting it was less serious than if it was a male offender. She even recounted people making lewd comments about her abuse, including unnamed male members of her dance company.

Maggie’s mother, Jennifer became a victim’s rights advocate and advocated for significant reforms in sentencing for crimes against children. Angela was released on Wednesday December 15, 2021 after serving 8 years of her 10 year sentence. Angela was considered a model prisoner and was released early for both good behavior and due to the pandemic. Despite her release, Angela still has to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life and complete 5 years of post-release supervision until December 2026. After her abuse came to light, Maggie’s mother tried to convince her to come back home, Maggie refused however at her mother’s insistence, she did go to live with Miranda Snow and three other female colleagues in a shared apartment for the remainder of her dance career. Jennifer believed, and Maggie concurred, that she wasn’t ready to live alone, nor should she be alone during that especially difficult period of her life.

Maggie sought therapy at the suggestion of her mother, Maggie tried a group therapy program but found it wasn’t helpful. She eventually found a therapist in Morningside Heights who had previously counseled female survivors of sexual abuse in which their abuser was female. Maggie immediately clicked with her new therapist and continued seeing her until she moved to Los Angeles in 2019. It was her therapist who suggested Maggie write down her thoughts and feelings, this led to Maggie writing and eventually publishing her memoir, **Dancing Through the Pain: My Journey from Abuse to Strength**, in 2015. Maggie’s memoir became a modest success and was praised by children’s safety advocates and child psychologists.

### Memoir

Maggie began writing her memoir as a hidden journal in high school as a way of processing what was happening to her and continued writing it afterwards as a way of moving forward with her life. Maggie’s secret journal eventually helped prove her abuse during the trial of her abuser, Angela Hadid. Maggie rewrote her journal into her life story, from 4 to 18, after graduating high school and during her first two semesters in college. Both her therapist and her mother encouraged her to publish it and she eventually managed to find a publisher who liked her work, it was published in 2015 under the title **Dancing Through the Pain: My Journey from Abuse to Strength**. It subsequently became a modest hit and Maggie even spoke at her school about her journey so far.

Through an interesting twist of fate, Ella Grant had read the book back in 2016 before she’d met Maggie, Sean had mentioned it in passing. Ella having read Maggie’s book was one of the deciding factors in her specifically requesting Maggie for her team. Ella, an expert in crimes against children, recognized Maggie’s unique insight and wanted her to be part of the CEIG.

The memoir became a modest success but was highly praised by children’s safety advocates and child psychologists. Psychologist and victim support counselor Joanna Greenwood used the memoir as an example of how to pick up on nonverbal cues from survivors. Maggie shared her story both while in school and at The Phoenix Foundation, a Los Angeles based victims advocacy and support organization founded by Joanna Greenwood.

## College

### Barnard College

On September 2, 2014, Maggie became a student at Barnard College, where she double majored in Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences, with a minor in Biology. Maggie had initially only intended to major in Computer Science, however she decided to double major after Professor David Bayer explained that several computer science and mathematics courses overlap and that she’d only need another 36 credits to complete a double major. During her undergraduate studies Maggie met and became best friends with fellow Barnard student Kate Bailey, both Maggie and Kate were members of the Barnard Sisters, a multicultural group friends consisting of Maggie, Kate Bailey, Jill Zheng, Naomi Aragon and Ananya Prakash. Maggie loved her post ballet life and despite her self-imposed intensive study regimen, she genuinely considered her time at Barnard to be the highlight of her life. Maggie, having always wanted to attend an all-female high school finally got her chance in college and went on to consider it as much a defining experience for who she is as her ballet career was.

At Barnard, Maggie was a member of Society of Women Engineers, Womxn in Computer Science, Girls Who Code, After-Hours Tutoring, Coalition Against Sexual Violence and Columbia iQ. A passionate student activist, Maggie spoke out about sexual violence, including sharing her story with We Said Enough and the Omega Phi Beta sorority at Columbia University. While never officially a member as Greek organizations never appealed to her, Maggie was made an honorary member of Omega Phi Beta for her contributions to their cause. Maggie also supported the MeToo movement, having used it to first share her story in 2014. Maggie also advocated for LGBTQIA+ rights with the Columbia Queer Alliance, oSTEM, Out to Innovate and Bialogue, as well as queer affirming religious organizations such as The Riverside Church, the Metropolitan Community Church and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah.

As with most Barnard students, Maggie took part in various summer internships. In the summer of her freshman year, Maggie worked as a residential summer camp counselor at Camp Beech Cliff in Mount Desert, Maine, it was initially unplanned however Daisy Hicks mentioned there were positions available and Maggie had always wanted to see Maine. In her late sophomore and junior year, Maggie served as a volunteer with Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY) offering companionship and teaching technology to senior citizens. During the summer of her junior year, Maggie volunteered as an implementation intern at software development company EdSights. Throughout her freshman, sophomore and junior years Maggie volunteered as a web development and graphics intern for The Coding Initiative (TCI). She assisted TCI in researching, developing, creating and maintaining websites and apps for nonprofit organizations.

Maggie lived in Brooks Hall for her freshman year, Elliott Hall for her upperclassman years. Maggie’s freshman roommate was Daisy Hicks, and her upperclassman roommate was Ananya Prakash. Maggie and her friends, The Barnard Sisters, spent the majority of their social time together. Maggie’s friends, especially the fashion conscious Frenchwoman Naomi Aragon, helped her discover her own personal style to express her previously unexplored femininity and uniqueness. Maggie was known for being quiet and mostly sticking to her own circle, but also for eventually becoming more outgoing during her time at Barnard.

While a junior in college, Maggie starred in The Journey, an independent post apocalyptic adventure film directed by Marianne Nichols. The film was financed and produced by Elija Le and also starred Maggie’s best friend Miranda Snow. The film had a very modest theatrical release but quickly became a cult classic and earned over $1.8 million worldwide. Despite being a hit, Maggie decided being an actress wasn’t really for her, but she did promise to work with Marianne again if she ever felt Maggie was right for a role in the future.

Maggie was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society for her academic work in her junior undergraduate year and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society in her senior year. Maggie was one of the 619 graduates at Barnard’s 126th Commencement on Wednesday May 16, 2018, Maggie graduated summa cum laude with a GPA of 3.994, earning spot on the Dean's List for all semesters, and a Superior Academic Achievement.

### University of Washington

After beginning her working career Maggie decided it was time for a new challenge and while searching mathematics programs online, she found the Computational Linguistics program at the University of Washington. Maggie applied and was accepted in August 2019, she carried over some of the 30 credits she’s earned from the Computer Technology Certificate she’d earned from Fisher College and completed the course during her spare time and on weekends. Maggie graduated with a Master of Science degree in Computational Linguistics in May 2022.

Maggie spent a good deal of her pregnancy in 2020 focusing on her studies, Maggie decided not to shoot after her third month of pregnancy, so she used her online studies as a way of keeping herself busy during her downtime while stuck at home. Having a computer science background, and being trilingual, Maggie found Computational Linguistics a simple enough field to pick up and enjoyed her time studying. Her master's thesis, 'A Mutual Understanding: Interactions Between Computer Science and Modern Language' was on the topic of better understanding human language as it related to computer language, and computer langue as it related to human language.

Maggie credits her studies with keeping her mental health in check due to being stuck at home in accordance with the California Stay-at-Home Order when not working.

## HSI Career

While in college, Maggie was accepted into the Pathways Internship Program with Homeland Security Investigations as a Series 1899 Investigation Student Trainee, during her internship Maggie worked at HSI New York. Maggie completed her internship training between Thursday June 1, 2017 and Friday June 1, 2018 and after graduation she was converted to a full time employee. Several factors included: the HSI looking for female employees, employees with computer skills and giving Pathways preferences to computer science and mathematics students, that and having several prestigious connections with HSI, both those through her uncle Sean and ones she made herself during her internship. Because of her previous experience with the Pathways internship and her Bachelor’s, Maggie qualified at the GL-7 level. On June 4, 2018 Maggie’s educational and internship requirements had been completed and she’d received her final job offer, Maggie attended the ICE Academy at FLETC in Glynco, GA between Monday June 4, 2018 and Tuesday November 27, 2018. She found the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) easier than most students due to her previous experience, she also excelled at the HSI Special Agent Training Program (HSI SAT) thanks to her experience during her internship and also from her uncle Sean giving her some of his old notebooks full of information about the course.

Maggie graduated on November 27, 2018 and was assigned to HSI Los Angeles her first choice location. Maggie reported for duty on December 4, 2018 and her first task upon arriving home in Los Angeles was to drive around the city with her training agent and learn to see it from the perspective of her new job. Maggie quickly got to know the seedier and darker side of the city and came to see what was really happening in the less tourist friendly areas of Los Angeles, Maggie met gang members, human traffickers, organized crime figures and all manner of other criminals. Maggie initially felt that maybe she should have picked a different location where she had no previous life experience, her TA however explained that despite her never seeing this side of the city before the fact she was familiar with the city in general was an asset. Maggie’s second day on the job proved interesting when the father of an abuse victim who took her own life, because disruptive while visiting the field office and accidentally knocked Maggie over. Unfortunately, Maggie hit her head on a desk that was next to her and briefly knocked her unconscious, she insisted that the father not be charged as it was an accident and the SAC begrudgingly agreed. Maggie was taken to the hospital and received several stitches and a concussion, she quickly recovered and was back at work. The father was released without charge and eventually apologized to Maggie and HSI.

Maggie was assigned to the Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG), the CEIG is overseen by children’s safety expert Ella Grant who had known of Maggie and her background from Sean and upon reading Maggie’s memoir had personally requested her for CEIG. Maggie quickly proved herself to be adept as both a general criminal investigator and a Digital Forensics/Cybercrime Investigator, she also proved herself in surveillance and became one of the team’s top surveillance agents. After Maggie was assigned to Los Angeles, Lindsey eventually moved there too and the two found a place together. Maggie completed her 12 month probationary period on December 4, 2019, during this time SA Matthew Lambert served as her training agent. Afterwards the two often continued to work together and eventually became friends, Maggie also became friends with fellow CEIG member Oscar Reyes. Maggie and Lindsey quickly became best friends with Callie Roberts. Maggie and CEIG worked several high profile cases including a UCLA computer science professor who was illegally surveilling students, a pediatrician who abused several underage patients and went on the run several years before, and a little league coach who was supplying underage players with steroids. They also shook up the amateur online adult entertainment industry when an up and coming male star was found to be underage.

As with her college activism, Maggie continues her community outreach with the HSI. She has done community outreach with the University of California, Los Angeles, ValorUS, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, The Phoenix Foundation, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the First Baptist Church Pasadena, The Women’s Conference, and Women's Foundation California. Maggie has also accompanied Ella Grant to several events promoting awareness of human trafficking and child exploitation, Maggie found she was able to engage with younger audiences about the dangers of seemingly mundane things. Maggie also quickly proved herself adept at handling interviews with survivors, primarily because of her understanding of how being in that position feels and being able to help them feel comfortable to tell their story.

### Digital Forensics Specialist

As the Digital Forensics Specialist for the CEIG, it’s Maggie’s job to conduct digital forensics examinations on cell phones, computers, networks, and other digital media and to write digital forensics reports. Digital forensics encompasses computer forensics, mobile device forensics, network forensics, database forensics, digital image forensics, and forensic data analysis. Digital forensics specialists use their computer hardware and software skills to locate, identify and recover any evidence of a digital nature, as well as using those same techniques to detect and assist in combating cybercrime. While all CEIG members have experience and training in basic digital forensics, dedicated digital forensics specialists are required for their expertise and knowledge in advanced areas of digital forensics not often used by general criminal investigators, they are often paramount in solving cases where digital evidence is present. Maggie also serves as the group’s unofficial forensic linguist.

Maggie spent 3 months, January to March 2019 completing various courses to become a qualified HSI Digital Forensics Investigator. Maggie completed the 5 week Basic Computer Evidence Recovery Training (BCERT) at the USSS National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI). She also completed the FBI’s Cyber Investigator Certificate Program (CICP) in March. Between April 26 and May 7, 2021, Maggie took the 2 week IACIS Basic Computer Forensics Examiner program to become a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), Maggie was supposed to take the course in 2020 but the lockdown ended up moving it to 2021. Maggie also completed several other programs including Basic and Advanced Computer Forensics at NCFI.

### SRT Operator

Maggie became a qualified SRT Operator on February 19, 2023, having began training with the team in December of 2022. Maggie had planned on taking the SRT qualification course in January of 2022, but her second pregnancy put a temporary halt until the following February. As a member of the Special Response Team (SRT) at HSI Los Angeles, Maggie serves as a member of Squad II (SRT/S-II). She serves as the team's designated marksman and CQB specialist. In additional to HSI specific training at Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, Tactical Operations Unit (OFTP/TOU) at Fort Moore, Maggie has also completed several other basic and advanced training courses. Maggie has trained at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in designated marksmanship and completed sniper/spotter training. She has trained in visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) with the United States Coast Guard's Tactical Law Enforcement Team at the USCG Sector Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, as well as fast roping and repelling.

Maggie is also qualified as a HSI firearms instructor and CQB instructor. Maggie is known for currently being the highest scoring CQB and pistol member in SRT Los Angeles, and one of the highest scoring members in SRT Los Angeles history, she is also one of the top two designated marksmen, second only to Zach Shanahan.

### Service History

* **June 1, 2017 to June 1, 2018**: Pathways Internship Program (HSI New York)
* **June 4, 2018 to November 27, 2018**: FLETC (CITP and HSI SAT)
* **November 2018 to Present**: HSI Los Angeles (CEIG)
* **Position**: HSI Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst
* **Grade**: GL-7 (2018 to 2019), GL-9 (2019 to 2020) GS-11 (2020 to 2021), GS-12 (2021 to 2022), GS-13 (2022 to Present)

### Unexpected Motherhood

Maggie’s first child, Oliver Hudson Marks was born on July 17, 2020. Oliver was conceived on the evening of October 21, 2019 in a hotel room in Bossier City, Louisiana. Maggie was in town for the 2019 Louisiana Gator Classic to be held in Princeton, Louisiana on the 24th. Oliver's unexpected conception was the result of a threesome between Maggie, Sentinel Blue teammate Victoria Allen, and Victoria's husband Ryan Allen.

Maggie delivered naturally after an 8-and-a-half-hour labor. Oliver was born at 3:17pm, weighing 7 pounds and 8 ounces, at right on 38 weeks and 5 days, just 2 days after her due date. Maggie was 24 years and 5 months old when she gave birth to Oliver, 2 years younger than her own mom had been when she was born. Maggie just managed to make it past the 12 month cutoff for parental leave. Maggie later described her experience by saying "It was really scary, I’m here in hospital with these lovely but overworked healthcare staff. It’s a really intense and overwhelming place to be during this time. I did ballet for 12 years, I was used to pain but I never imagined anything could possibly hurt that much. But then after almost 9 hours there he was, Oliver, my son. Just looking at him made me forget about the whole world outside of the room.".

Despite both Maggie and Lindsey being ecstatic to be moms, albeit unexpectedly, Maggie had said she's definitely a 'one and done' person just like her own mom. Lindsey has said she may try for one herself sometime in her 30's, but she's still undecided. Oliver became affectionally known as Ollie by his doting moms. In January 2021, Maggie introduced Oliver to her CEIG excited coworkers. Oliver was primarily cared for by Lindsey who works from home, however he did also enjoy some time at the Harry Pregerson Child Care Center at the Roybal Building just next to HSI Los Angeles.

### Welcoming Sophia

On Sunday April 26, 2022, Maggie became a mother for the second time when she gave birth to her daughter, Sophia Elizabeth Marks. Sophia was conceived on the evening of August 1, 2021 in Pasadena, California. Sophia's somewhat planned conception was the result of a foursome between **Margaret** and her wife Lindsey, Margaret's Sentinel Blue teammate Victoria Allen, and Victoria's husband Ryan Allen, their foursome was a celebration of Margaret and Lindsey having purchased their own house.

Sophia, like her brother Oliver was born at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Sophia was born at 39 weeks and 2 days, at 8:09pm, weighing 7 pounds and 4 ounces. Sophia was born 1 year, 9 months, and 9 days after her older brother Oliver, and Maggie was 26 years and 2 months old at the time. Unlike her first pregnancy, Maggie found her experience with Sophia significantly easier and more pleasant overall. Maggie took parental leave from April 26 until July 23 when she returned 3 days early.

Maggie kept busy during her pregnancy by posing for several photoshoots, she posed in white lingerie and black Louboutin heels, and almost topless apart from a strategically placed hand for a Maxim photoshoot. She posed with her 8 month bump for an article on The Well Armed Woman on self defense for expectant mothers. She appeared in a Tactical Goddess article on their latest line of maternity clothes. She also appeared at several events with Sentinel Blue and TacWorks. Maggie’s final appearance was on the day of her daughter’s birth when Sentinel Blue and her sponsors TTI and Tactical Goddess all congratulated her on her new baby, Sophia.

Sentinel Blue released the picture with the caption "Meet our newest Sentinel: Sophia Elizabeth Marks! Congratulations to Maggie Marks! Mom and bub both doing well."

## Competitive Shooting Career

*Main Article: Sentinel Blue Tier One Team*

### A Competitive New Direction

Maggie had been interested in trying competitive shooting for a while, and after being encouraged by HSI Los Angeles firearms and tactical instructor Zach Shanahan, she decided to give it a go. Using a borrowed Springfield Armory Professional 1911 Operator 9mm pistol, Maggie entered three USPSA events and managed to place third, second, and third respectively. Impressed by her abilities, despite having no previous competitive experience, Zach recommended Maggie for the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST).

### Joining Sentinel Blue

On the strength of her previous second and third place finishes in 2019 and after displaying her abilities at a modified SRT CQB course, Maggie was accepted to the Sentinel Blue team on February 10, 2019 and became its second ever female member after Victoria Allen. Maggie quickly showed her abilities and her willingness to learn, despite being a little rough around the edges, it was clear to her teammates that she had the skill it took to succeed in practical shooting. Maggie quickly became friends with Victoria Allen, and Victoria became her competitive shooting mentor, helping her learn the finer points of her new sport.

Maggie was quickly chosen for the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team for the 2021 season after a second place finish at the 2021 Florida Open, at the time of her selection for the team, Maggie was the only non-SRT qualified HSI member to be chosen for Sentinel Blue and the only female member and non-SWAT operator on the Tier One Team until Sonia Knight joined in 2022. Maggie was also one of only two female members, along with Victoria Allen of a team of 11 when she joined in early 2020. Maggie made Sentinel Blue history by becoming the first member to have no previous competitive shooting history prior to joining, she had no previous competitive history and had only learned to shoot in 2019 from her uncle Sean.

Maggie and Victoria Allen represented Sentinel Blue at several women's events in 2019, 2021 and early 2022. In mid 2022, after more female members joined Sentinel Blue, Maggie was chosen to lead the newly formed Sentinel Blue Women's Team. Maggie became its first member along with ICE/ERO officer Sonia Knight, BHPD officer Victoria Allen, LAPD detective Tracy McGaren, LASD deputy Charlie Lenzen, and LAPP officer Rachel Petersen. The Sentinel Blue Women's Team is considered the best women's team and one of the overall most successful teams in the Law Enforcement Multigun community, having come in first place in every one of its matches since 2021.

### Sentinel Blue Background

Sentinel Blue was founded in 2017 by Los Angeles Police Department sergeant and competition shooter Thomas Howe, Sentinel Blue is comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, Sentinel Blue competes locally and nationally as well as advocating for high marksmanship standards in the law enforcement community and public alike.

Sentinel Blue competes in Law Enforcement Multigun (LEM), a modified law enforcement version of the traditional 3-gun competition and the sister category of the IDPA Multigun event. The categories are Agency, Standard, and Unlimited. Agency is a version of IPSC Modified and Standard categories which only allows weapons issued by and modifications permitted by the agency the member represents, any modifications must be permitted by the member’s agency for standard duty use. Standard is a variant of the IPSC Standard category which only allows the standard issued weapons of the member’s agency without any modifications except for the addition of iron sights to rifles which otherwise don’t have them as standard. Unlimited is a category which allows personally owned weapons with an unlimited number of individual modifications of the member’s choice. Members can choose to compete in one or more of the categories depending on preference and personal availability of weapons. Most members participate in both Agency and Standard categories as these use agency provided/issued weapons, Unlimited category depends on the member’s access to appropriately competitive modified weapons. LEM is often considered highly skewed in terms of competitiveness due to the significant variation in agency issued weapons. LEM attempts to mitigate the effects by staging competition in such a way that makes difference in caliber and barrel length as minimal as possible, other factors such as the use of semi-automatic versus pump action shotguns tends to cause the largest variation of competitive advantage. Most agencies involved in the LEM community have some form of sportsmanship agreement which involves its representatives using weapons as similar as possible to their competitors in the spirit of fair competition.

### Competitive Beginnings

Maggie began her competitive shooting career in modest fashion with her Glock 19 MOS, HSI rifle and Remington 870 Police for both the Agency and Standard categories at the 2019 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge. Despite most of her well kitted out teammates and competitors, Maggie initially used a self-purchased and self-funded Agency Arms Glock 19X as her Unlimited category handgun, with a M4A1/URG-I hybrid rifle and a TacWorks customized Benelli M2 as her rifle and shotgun respectively. Despite some early quips from competitors, Maggie quickly proved herself able to outshoot significantly more high-end equipment.

Maggie's first event with Sentinel Blue was the 2019 Florida Open in February where she placed second in the USPSA Single Stack category. Maggie's first victory came on April 25, 2019 at the Texas State Open Championship where she achieved first place in the ladies' division, competing in the USPSA Carry Optics category with her Glock 34.

Maggie's first event as a member of the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team was the 2021 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge (ULEC) held in Louisville, Kentucky in March 2021 where hear team placed first, her next event was the Southern California LEM Championship (SCLC) in August 2021 where her team placed second. In November, the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team competed in the Law Enforcement Multigun Championship (LMEC) in Tucson, Arizona where it came in first place for second consecutive year. In 2023, Sentinel Blue was one of the first teams to compete in the California Ultimate Outlaw Multigun (CUOC) in the first year it added LEM events to its roster, they narrowly achieved first place during an overtime shootout.

### TTI Sponsorship

By far one of Maggie's most memorable moments came in April of 2019 at the regional semi-finals of the Southern California LEM Championship (SCLC). Maggie won her round of the Unlimited category using a completely stock Glock 17 MOS and scored significantly higher than a competitor using a TTI Glock 34. After the match Taran Butler and his company Taran Tactical Innovations (TTI) offered to sponsor Maggie, he explained that if she could beat a competitor while using a standard Glock, he wanted to see what she could do with one of his specially built competition ones. Maggie was a little hesitant as she felt a sponsor would put her under additional pressure and she didn't want to let a sponsor down, but after talking to Butler she decided to accept the sponsorship. Maggie has been sponsored by Taran Tactical Innovations (TTI) since 2021, she now uses a TTI Glock 34, the same type of gun she claimed victory against back in April 2019.

Maggie has been likened to TTI shooter and employee Tetiana Gaidar. Both are former professional ballerinas turned professional shooters after developing an interest in shooting later in life, both are considered protégés of Taran Butler, both are skilled in martial arts and heavily into health and fitness.

### Role

Maggie is currently one of four members of the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team, they represent Sentinel Blue at both LEM and non-LEM events and competitions which prioritize individual skills over a combined performance of skill and teamwork central to LEM specific events. Unlike LEM events, most competitions the Tier One Team competes in are either IDPA pistol categories or the IPSC/USPSA Open or Production/Carry Optics category.

When asked if she would ever consider taking up shooting as a career, Maggie said: "My job is my calling, helping children is what I was meant to do. I love shooting, in another life I can see myself doing that full time. Shooting is my passion but my job with HSI is my calling.". Maggie has also stated that she’d never be able to ‘pick a side’ between Glock and SIG. "I’ve used both and I like both, I could never work for a professional team! Not only would I not have enough time to dedicate myself to it, but I could never pick one manufacturer over the other." Maggie said in a 2022 interview. When asked about her style, Maggie replied "My style is, complicated… I’m a very girly girl who just wants to look elegant and feminine one moment, and a pretty laid back and casual girl the next. My style is about making myself feel good about being me, being myself at any given moment. My femininity is always there though, at a fancy dinner or training in the mud, it always shows itself one way or another.".

### 2019 LEMC Boycott

In 2019, Sentinel Blue was among the majority of LEM teams who refused to compete in the 2019 Law Enforcement Multigun Championship due to a hugely unpopular change in competition rules. In the prior two LEMC competitions in 2018 and 2017, gear such as competition specific holsters and non-duty approved equipment was specifically banned for the Unlimited category, despite firearms being allowed to have whatever modifications a competitor chose, equipment still had to be standard and unmodified duty equipment. After the rule change was announced, the IDPA and the majority of teams who compete in LEM publicly voiced their disapproval, stating the change would alter what LEM matches were about and make them like any IPSC/USPSA Open category match and as such would defeat the purpose of even having an Unlimited category in LEM. Ultimately the 2019 LEMC was canceled due to not enough teams being willing to compete to justify the costs of running the event, in the 2020 event, rules were changed back to their original iteration of gear being required to be standard duty approved by the competitor's respective agency.

An IDPA spokesperson explained "Unlimited is a fantasy category! By that we mean it's a category where a competitor can pick whatever duty weapon best suits them, no matter how unrealistic or impractical, and modify it however they choose. Every LEO's fantasy 'perfect duty weapon' category. Ultimately, we should see ridiculous parings like optic equipped subcompact Glock pistols competing against custom built longslide 1911's. The category was never intended to become a variation of every other competition's Open category!"

Reactions were mixed, some argued that it was unfair for individual teams to boycott and therefore force other teams to also have to drop out when the event was ultimately canceled. Others praised the move, stating that the refusal to compete showed the promoters and match organizers that they would only compete if the core principals of LEM remained intact.

### Return to Competition

Maggie’s first event after giving birth to her second child was the 2022 USPSA 2 Gun National Championship in Palisade, Colorado on June 9, just 44 days postpartum, where she placed second in the Limited category. Maggie then placed third at the Ryan Rocks!!! Charity Blast on August 13. Maggie and Lindsey used the trip to Palisade, Colorado as a brief family vacation and bonding session too. Despite some concerns, Maggie explained she was cleared both by her doctor and by the team doctor.

Maggie was unable to compete at the Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge held in Rotorua, New Zealand on Saturday March 19, 2022 due to being 8 months pregnant. She did however compete in the Southern California LEM Championship in August where her team placed second, and the Law Enforcement Multigun Championship held in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday November 12, 2022 where the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team placed first.

After the birth of Sophia, Maggie and Sentinel Blue teammate Victoria Allen started the Tactical Mom Podcast, a YouTube channel and vlog aimed and competitive and sporting shooters and moms.

### Popularity

Some of the most memorable moments of the Sentinel Blue Women’s Team’s history includes the entire team refusing to participate in an event when Rachel was unable to afford a last minute replacement rifle and her teammates weren’t allowed to lend her theirs due to rules over sharing equipment. Maggie also gained widespread recognition after a commentator made a misogynistic comment about her feminine appearance, after which Maggie showed up in an evening dress with an elaborate French manicure and full makeup for her next event. After winning in her event while wearing her incredibly impractical outfit, Maggie called out the sexist comment. Maggie also competed in one event in a skirt suit after she just barely made it to the event in time after a day testifying in a case at court and didn’t have time to change. She also completed a demonstration match in a tennis skirt and Christian Louboutin high heels, when asked about her outfit choice Maggie said "It was a cute combination, so why not?". Even with her appearing in several highly impractical fashion choices, Maggie’s performance has never wavered.

During her time with Sentinel Blue, Maggie was praised for not sacrificing her feminine personality to fit in with the other, mostly male competitors and was used as an inspiration for other women as to how they could compete without having to change their style to be taken seriously. Maggie used a variation of the team’s uniform but also included feminine touches from her sponsor Tactical Goddess and their PinkSteel like of items such as varying pieces pink tactical gear and elegant makeup. She also had a friend who is a nail artist come up with a variation of a micro French manicure in the team’s colors of golden yellow and blue, which the entire team wore during their victory at the national championship in 2023. Maggie has competed both in her role with the Sentinel Blue Women's Team in LEM competitions, and with the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team in various IPSC, USPSA, IDPA and 'outlaw' competitions. Maggie has claimed victory several times in both traditional and LEM competitions. One of the most memorable matches involved Maggie, by complete coincidence, facing off against fellow SCDTF member Eric Lane in the final round of an outlaw 2-gun match in Orange County. Despite their camaraderie they gave it all they had, and it ended 300 to 299 in favor of Eric.

After eventually becoming a SRT operator in 2023, Maggie remained a member of the team. Despite typically using standard agency equipment for most of its activities, different members of the team have been sponsored by different organizations within the firearms industry. Maggie has been sponsored by TacWorks Academy since 2020, and Simi Valley based gunsmiths Taran Tactical Innovations since 2021. Maggie has used both a personally owned and funded Agency Arms Glock 19X prior to 2021, and a version of the modified TTI Glock 34 Combat Master since 2021 as her pistol for the Unlimited category, as well as a TTI TR-1 Ultralight rifle and a Benelli M2 TTI Tac Ops as her rifle and shotgun respectively for the Unlimited category at different points throughout her time with Sentinel Blue. In the Agency category she uses her Glock 19 MOS fitted TLR-7 Sub light or her SRT Glock 45 with an RM06 optic and a X300U-A, as well as her HSI Rifle and Remington 870 Police. In the Standard category she uses either a Glock 17 MOS or a Glock 19X, as well as a stock version of her HSI Rifle and her Remington 870 Police with the Surefire forend removed.

Maggie is one of the most popular cohosts of Sentinel TV, the Sentinel Blue official YouTube channel. On Sentinel TV, Maggie showcases her training, competitions, exhibition events, and takes part in various challenges.

### Achievements

Maggie has a combined total of 19x LEM/IDPA championships; 3x ULEC world championships, 4x LEMC/SCLC championships, and 12x LEM women's championships.

Maggie is a 7-time USPSA Champion, 1-time IPSC Champion, and 1-time Bianchi Cup Women's Champion.

Maggie and the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team have achieved 3x IDPA/LEM world championships in 2019, 2021 and 2023, as well as 4x IDPA/LEM national championships in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Maggie and the Sentinel Blue Women's Team together are 12-time Women's LEM Champions having come in first place in the women's category in each championship since 2019, including the 2022 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge which Maggie couldn't compete in due to being 8 months pregnant. Maggie also has 16x USPSA first place finishes, 1x ISPC first place finish, 17x IPSC/USPSA second place finishes, 1x California Ultimate Outlaw Multigun championship, and was the women's champion for the 2023 Bianchi Cup. Maggie has also won 14 individual women's matches in the Southwest Pistol League's Steel Challenge matches over the course of her competitive career.

Maggie achieved her first USPSA Grand Master ranking at the 2019 Free State Championship in De Soto, Kansas on July 19, 2019. Maggie would go on to achieve 11 USPSA and 1 IPSC Grand Master rankings over the course of her competitive career. Maggie is known as one of only a handful of female IPSC/USPSA Grand Masters.

### Politics and Positions

Despite some detractors calling Maggie out on her choice of attire for many of her photoshoots, Maggie explained that she's worked hard to achieve the body that she has, that she's in better shape than she was before becoming a mom and if she wants to appropriately show off her figure by wearing a bikini or underwear, then she can. She further explained "How many male shooters take their shirts off? How many people bitch about that? Exactly, my wearing a bra at the range is no different than a guy with his shirt off, actually it's even less revealing. If my wearing a bra causes you to view me as less of a professional, the issue lies with your interpretation of body positivity and not with me.". Maggie went on to explain that double standards don't fly with her and that she calls out sexism and double standards whenever they appear.

Maggie has been praised and criticized in equal measure by both sides for having friends of all political leanings and viewpoints. Maggie has friends who she describes as 'gun toting conservatives' and friends she describes as 'liberals who support banning guns all together', despite this Maggie has officially stated her social media, especially Instagram are politics free zones, and she actively promotes diversity in friendships, having friends from all political leanings. Maggie has annoyed conservatives and liberals equally by refusing to drop down to their level and support either of their positions.

### The PinkSteel Warriors

In October 2022, Tactical Goddess founder and CEO Tammy Doyle founded the PinkSteel Warriors (PSW). The team was initially created solely as an exhibition team, intended to showcase Tactical Goddess's PinkSteel line of women's tactical and sport shooting clothing, gear, and accessories. After gaining popularity, particularly at the 2023 SHOT Show, the PinkSteek Warriors went from being an exhibition team to a serious competitive practical shooting team. As of 2024, the team consists of Victoria Allen, Maggie Marks, Sonia Knight, and Rachel Petersen, all current members of the Sentinel Blue Women's Team.

Maggie, representing the PinkSteel Warriors, claimed 4 first place finishes and 5 second place finishes in 2023, as well as becoming the women's division champion at the 2023 Bianchi Cup. Team captain Victoria Allen achieved 3 first place finishes and 6 second place finishes in 2023, she was third in the women's division at the 2023 Bianchi Cup.

## Personality, Influencer

### Special Agent, Sentinel, Model

Shortly after starting her side career with Sentinel Blue, Maggie became the model for Tactical Goddess, a women’s tactical and athletic clothing brand of TacWorks. Tactical Goddess was founded in 2011 by Tammy Doyle, despite some early success, Tactical Goddess’s brand had waned in the following years due to not attracting enough young female shooters. Tammy Doyle commented: "Finding women to model our clothing was easy enough, but they were models and just didn’t represent us or what makes us special. We just couldn’t seem to find that perfect balance; a woman who was capable of both showing her skills in the shooting field, and her sense of style and character while doing it. Then I met Maggie and she had it all; she’s absolutely stunning with an adorably fiery personality. She has her own unique style with the perfect blend of elegance and edge, she’s highly intelligent, and she shows the guys who’s boss without having to sacrifice her style to be taken seriously. She is the embodiment of Tactical Goddess!"

Despite being too short to be a model by traditional standards, similar to Tammy herself, Maggie was perfectly suited to modeling for Tactical Goddess’s line of clothing as she was a popular competitive shooter and photogenic. Maggie took part in several modeling campaigns for the company, including one of her posing in the desert wearing a pink camouflage bikini, and one of her shooting different guns while topless underneath her plate carrier. After Maggie came on board, Tactical Goddess’s sales skyrocketed, not just because of her physical attributes, but also due to her shooting skills and her ability to connect with young women interested in her craft. Both Maggie and Tammy have defended her work in the modeling of Tactical Goddess’s brand, with some people suggesting Maggie is nothing but eye candy for men to leer at in the hopes they’ll buy something for their wives while looking at Maggie. Tammy has described how Maggie, a multi award winning shooter and respected federal law enforcement agent, is judged for showing her feminine qualities, while men are never judged for showing their masculine qualities within the same field. Tammy said in an interview: "Maggie is a role model to aspiring female shooters! Through her talent and dedication, she shows how women can succeed in a male dominated sport and still be her feminine self."

Maggie has been sponsored by Tactical Goddess for almost her entire shooting career, she has worn various pieces of Tactical Goddess’s clothing, including their highly popular pink camouflage line PinkSteel. Maggie became a Tactical Goddess and PinkSteel brand ambassador, appearing on various websites and in several magazines aimed at shooters. Maggie has stated that a hugely popular men’s magazine offered her a ‘substantial’ amount of money to pose nude, but she refused, citing both workplace conduct guidelines and her feeling it didn’t reflect her personality or style.

Maggie has posed for Maxim on four different occasions including during her pregnancy in 2022, and even made it to 92 on their Hot 100 in 2023. She’s also appeared on the Tactical Nation’s top ten female shooters, as well as twice in USPSA’s magazine Front Sight. Maggie also posed for a photoshoot for the Faces in the Crowd segment on Sports Illustrated, the article covered her rise to prominence in competition shooting and her incredible post baby body transformation.

Maggie and Lindsey have also appeared on several lists of hottest YouTube couples, and numerous YouTube style awards.

Maggie also showcases her training, modeling and other Sentinel Blue related content on her YouTube channel Maggie's Modern Life.

### Controversy

Both Maggie and teammate Victoria Allen were photographed by Tactical Nation photographer Brett Schaffer for the series of articles 'Shoot Like a Girl' featuring the Sentinel Blue Women's Team. Both Maggie and Victoria became popular and Brett went on to photograph them for their Tactical Goddess clothing and gear campaigns. Brett's work was so well received that he became the official photographer for the Sentinel Blue Women's Team in 2022. However shortly after in in late 2022, Brett insinuated he had a threesome with Maggie and Victoria while on a photoshoot in Arizona in 2022, even going so far to say he also sought Victoria's husband Ryan's approval beforehand. Both Sentinel Blue founder Thomas Howe and TacWorks Academy founder Jack Fry released a statement admonishing Brett for using personal events, whether they happened or not, to gain personal clout. Brett was fired as the official team photographer and a week later he issued a lengthy public apology addressing his actions and accepted responsibility for his behavior. Tactical Nation also released a statement admonishing Brett's behavior, stating that while they were giving him a chance to redeem himself with increased supervision and oversight, they in no way endorsed his behavior.

In 2021, Maggie caused significant controversy from conservatives when asked her opinion on Chuck Norris, a fellow martial artist and Glock promoter. Maggie responded "No different than any other bigot!", when prompted she further explained "He believes marriage is a heterosexual privilege as opposed to a human right. Usually, martial arts promotes discipline and respect for others, not in everyone unfortunately.". Despite her comment being panned by conservatives, it was lauded by several LGBTQIA organizations.

Maggie has maintained her position on the subject, explaining "The truth rolls comfortably off my tongue. If I wanted to be popular, I’d have been a nurse."

### YouTuber

Maggie also has her own YouTube channel titled Maggie's Modern Life. It focuses on her journey with Sentinel Blue, her training and workout routine post motherhood, it also features advice aimed at aspiring female shooters and tactical law enforcement officers. Maggie chronicles her workout routine, her Sentinel Blue and HSI Special Response Team training routines, her reviews of various weapons and tactical equipment, her modeling for Tactical Goddess, her health and lifestyle advice, juggling life and motherhood, and her unique fashion and style discussions. Unlike her wife Lindsey's professional YouTube career and self-titled channel, Lindsey Shaw, Maggie's channel is what she calls 'an amateur endeavor' and she only uploads on an unscheduled basis, usually once a week.

Due to Lindsey working from home, she edits and uploads all of Maggie's videos at the same time as hers. Lindsey also frequently appears in Maggie's videos; Maggie jokingly refers to Lindsey's presence as 'the star factor'. Despite gaining some animosity from 'conservative tactical mom' YouTubers, Maggie's channel has been generally well received from her viewers.

Maggie also appears regularly on the Sentinel TV channel, the official YouTube channel of the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST).

### Influencer

Maggie's Instagram account has 163K followers. Maggie has modeled for tactical and shooting sports brands such as TacWorks, Tactical Goddess and PinkSteel, as well as clothing and lifestyle brands such as Girlfriend Collective, Under Armour (along with wife Lindsey), NA-KD Fashion, and Et Tigre. Maggie is the spokesmodel for Tactical Goddess and Alyssa's Nail Couture, the latter of which is owned by her friend Alyssa Stevens.

Maggie and Lindsey also created their own brand called Empowered Living Co. which is a fitness and lifestyle brand aimed at modern empowered women, unconventional modern women, women from across the LGBTQIA spectrum, and other underrepresented women.

### Tactical Modeling, Arizona Style

In October 2023, Maggie did a modeling campaign for Tactical Transition, a Scottsdale, Arizona based manufacturer of AR rifle parts and accessories. The campaign showed Maggie shooting and posing with several of the company’s custom rifles and pistols at the Shadowstrike Tactical Club in Gilbert, Arizona. The photoshoot also featured a couple of more risqué shots of Maggie wearing a red bra while shooting, and one of her wearing red and white polka dot panties.

The pictures were featured both on Maggie’s 'TacFit Mom' Instagram account and on Tactical Transition’s social media accounts. In addition to her modest fee, Maggie was also given a custom built anodized purple AR 9mm pistol. Maggie commented on how she enjoyed the experience of working with Tactical Transition and praised their professionalism and respectful approach to the photoshoot. A Tactical Transition spokesperson commented on Maggie’s professionalism and dedication to the campaign, saying they appreciated her for taking far more time than was allocated for the shoot to make sure everyone was happy with the shoot.

The Tactical Transition photoshoot was one of Maggie's first modeling jobs that wasn't as part of TacWorks or Tactical Goddess, or Sentinel Blue.

### The Glock 49 Review

In 2022, Maggie started doing a segment on her YouTube channel entitled Maggie's Brutally Honest Reviews, which featured her reviewing firearms and gear from a 'brutally honest' and real world view. In 2023, TALO Distributors sent her one of the new Glock 49 handguns to review. Maggie being a self-confessed 'Glock Fangirl' and being well known and respected for her unbiased reviews, TALO felt she would be prefect to review the Glock 49. Maggie stuck true to her unbiased style and gave the Glock 49 a good review but also mentioned it would only fit certain use case scenarios for somewhat limited users. Maggie mentioned how it would suit individuals with smaller hands and/or waistlines who wanted a smaller frame but full sized slide and sight radius, she also mentioned roles where using a +2 17 round magazine would turn it into a quasi-Glock 17, while using a 15 round one would essentially make it a 19 with a longer slide. Maggie mentioned it would be well suited both to duty use for female and individuals with smaller hands, and for roles like tactical surveillance where having the ability to use a 17 or 15 round magazine to change grip dimensions would be an asset.

Maggie closed by saying that like all Glocks, the 49 was very well made and would perfectly suit certain use cases. She explained how the 17/47 or 19 would be more well suited for far more situations, however that for those who the 49 design would be useful for, it was a highly recommended purchase. Maggie also recommended it for collectors, practical shooters with smaller hands as the 17 and 49 would essentially be the same in a practical shooting match, Maggie also recommended it for range/training use for new shooters with smaller hands where the 17 wouldn't be the most ergonomically suitable. Maggie's review of the Glock 49 became her highest viewed video in her channel's history and draw praise from both Glock and TALO for her unbiased opinion, Glock and TALO jointly let her keep the Glock 49 she reviewed, and Maggie explained it would remain unmodified and have a special place in her collection.

### The PinkSteel Girl

During the 2023 SHOT Show, Maggie became affectionately known as the PinkSteel Girl for her role representing Tactical Goddess and their PinkSteel line of women's tactical and competitive clothing. Magaret had been known as the spokesmodel for Tactical Goddess since 2020, but the 2023 SHOT Show was her first as the official representative for Tactical Goddess's PinkSteel line aimed at serious female professional shooters and tactical enthusiasts. Maggie represented Sentinel Blue and Tactical Goddess at the 2022 SHOT Show, at the 2023 show she was asked by Tammy Doyle to represent PinkSteel specifically as their sales had been steadily increasing recently.

Maggie had proved a big hit at the 2022 SHOT Show, her feminine but dedicated and professional demeanor was a contrast to many female shooters and industry personalities who often represented one more than the other. Maggie appeared both in a modified PinkSteel variation of the Sentinel Blue uniform, and in various items of PinkSteel clothing, including their highly popular pink camouflage pants and their 'tactical hoodie.

The nickname PinkSteel Girl came about as a joke when a show attendee asked to get a picture with 'the PinkSteel Girl', the nickname got a positive reaction from both the Tactical Goddess representatives and Maggie, and the name stuck with Maggie subsequently being listed on the Tactical Goddess website as the PinkSteel Girl.

### The Headhunter

Maggie's character from The Raptors, The Headhunter, has become a highly popular character in certain circles. The mute, stealthy and highly skilled sniper has stuck a cord with both amateur fans and professional military personnel, who despite Margret having no military experience herself, all praise her realistic performance as The Headhunter. The Headhunter became popular and eventually inspired a skin in the popular battle royale game Fortnite, in the Season Five update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, The Headhunter became a playable character. True to Maggie's portrayal, The Headhunter retained her stealthy persona, as well as never speaking or removing her mask. Due to the popularity of The Headhunter, several calls have come to make a sequel to The Raptors. Writer and director Adam Reese has said that he has several possible ideas 'rattling around in his head' for a sequel but given the popularity of the original he refuses to make one until he feels it will live up to the first film. Reese has addressed the importance of The Headhunter retaining her mystique and avoiding tropes or backstories that would detract from the character.

The character also got recognition from Glock due to her extensive use of a Glock 19X to single-handedly dispatch multiple rooms and corridors of enemies in close quarters combat. Despite not being the first appearance in of the Glock 19X in film, it was one of the most extensive. Fans of the film have expressed appreciation for the 100% realistic scenario, which despite being very unlikely was all tested thoroughly to make certain it was possible in the real world before being filmed. In addition to the extended CQB sequence, the film also shows The Headhunter disassembling, cleaning and reassembling the Glock 19X, and a sequence of her engaging 7 targets before any could react. Firearms enthusiasts have praised the film for featuring the Glock 19X heavily but without it seeming like product placement, they also praised seeing it being heavily used in a realistic manner without it ever delving into 'John Wick' levels of unrealistic action or unbelievability.

## Sponsors and Equipment

### Sentinel Blue Sponsors

* **TacWorks Academy**: Weapons, tactical equipment and ammunition
* **Tactical Goddess**: Gear, accessories and clothing
* **Taran Tactical Innovations**: Weapons and modifications

### Maggie's Sponsors

* **National Shooting Sports Foundation**: General sponsor
* **Ghost Holster USA**: Holsters, equipment and apparel
* **Shooting Sports Innovations**: Apparel and accessories

### IDPA/LEM Equipment

* **Glock 19 MOS**: LEM Agency category
* **Glock 45 MOS**: LEM Agency category (since 2023)
* **Glock 17 MOS**: LEM Standard, IDPA Stock Service Pistol categories
* **Glock 19X**: LEM Standard. IDPA Stock Service Pistol categories
* **Glock 19X Custom**: IDPA Enhanced Service Pistol category
* **Glock 43X MOS**: IDPA Carry Optics category
* **Glock 34 TTI Combat Master**: LEM Unlimited category
* **Glock 26**: IDPA Backup Gun/Semi Auto category gun
* **Colt Special Combat Government**: IDPA Custom Defensive Pistol category
* **HSI Rifle**: LEM Agency/Standard category
* **TTI TR-1 Ultralight**: LEM Unlimited category
* **Remington Model 870 Police:** LEM Agency/Standard category
* **Benelli M2 TTI Tac Ops**: LEM Unlimited category

### IPSC/USPSA Equipment

* **TTI Sand Viper**: IPSC/USPSA Open category
* **Glock 34 TTI Combat Master**: USPSA Limited/Limited-10, IPSC Standard categories
* **Glock 34**: USPSA Production/Carry Optics category
* **Colt Special Combat Government**: USPSA Single Stack, IPSC Classic
* **TTI TR1-Ultralight Rifle**: Open and Tactical categories
* **TTI SIG MPX Rifle**: PCC category
* **Benelli M2 TTI Tac Ops**: Open and Limited/Tactical categories

## Competitive Shooting History

*Main article: United States Practical Shooting Association*

### 2019 Season

* **2019 Miami Open** (January 10, 2019: Third Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **2019 Florida Open** (February 14, 2019: Second Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **2019 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge** (March 2021: First Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **WAC SingleStack Showdown** (March 30, 2019: Third Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **Texas State Open Championship** (April 25, 2019: First place in USPSA Carry Optics category, Master)
* **2019 Golden Bullet Championship** (May 10, 2019: Second Place in USPSA Carry Optics category)
* **2019 Inland Empire Sectional** (May 18, 2019: First Place in USPSA Open category, Master)
* **The SAFARILAND Top Gun Championship** (May 31, 2019: Third Place in USPSA Carry Optics category)
* **2019 Free State Championship** (July 19, 2019: First Place in USPSA Limited category, Grand Master)
* **2019 Southern California LEM Championship** (August 2019: Second Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2019 California State Shooting Championships** (September 6, 2019: First Place in USPSA Limited category, Master)
* **2019 Oilfield Classic** (October 3, 2019: Third Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2019 Louisiana Gator Classic** (October 24, 2019: First Place in USPSA Limited category, Master)
* **WAC Factory Gun Classic** (December 8. 2019: Third Place in USPSA Single Stack category)

### 2020 Season

* **Shoot GTR Swamp Challenge 2020** (January 3, 2020: Second Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **2020 Florida Open** (February 13, 2020: Third Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **Western States Single Stack & Revolver Championship 2020** (February 22, 2020: Third Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* ~~**2020 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge** (Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)~~
* **Lockdown and Maternity Leave**: March to October 2020
* ~~**2020 Southern California LEM Championship** (Canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)~~
* **The Titan Ballistics Top Gun Championship** (October 1, 2020: Fourth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **USPSA Factory Gun Nationals** (October 16, 2020: Second Place in USPSA Production category)
* **2020 USPSA Oregon State Championship** (November 11, 2020: Second Place in USPSA Limited category)
* **2020 Law Enforcement Multigun Championship** (November 2020: First Place overall/First Place women's division)

### 2021 Season

* **2021 Florida State USPSA Championship** (January 13, 2021: First Place in USPSA Open category, Grand Master)
* **2021 Florida Open USPSA** (February 18, 2021: Second Place in USPSA Single Stack category)
* **2021 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge** (March 2021: First Place/First Place women's division)
* **2021 Roadrunner Shootout** (March 25, 2021: Third Place in USPSA Open category)
* **Team Motley Dragons Cup** (April 9, 2021: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **The Inaugural Mitten Match** (April 30, 2021: First Place in USPSA Limited 10 category, Master)
* **2021 Inland Empire Sectional** (May 15, 2021: First Place in USPSA Limited category, Grand Master)
* **2021 SIG 2 Gun PCC & Pistol MultiGun Nationals** (June 4, 2021: Fourth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **The Joe Santacroce Memorial Championship** (June 11, 2021: Third Place in USPSA Limited 10 category)
* **2021 Mile High Showdown** (July 16, 2021: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **Ryan Rocks!!! Charity Blast**: (July 28. 2021: Fifth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2021 August Treasure State Championship** (August 13, 2021: First Place in USPSA Carry Optics category, Grand Master)
* **2021 Southern California LEM Championship** (August 2021: Second Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2021 Berry’s Utah State Championship** (September 2, 2021: Third Place in USPSA Limited category)
* **2021 North Texas Open** (October 1, 2021: First Place in USPSA Open category, Grand Master)
* **2021 Law Enforcement Multigun Championship** (November 2021: First Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2021 Springfield Armory Desert Classic Area 2 Championship** (November 10, 2021: First Place in USPSA Production category, Grand Master)

### 2022 Season

* **Maternity Leave**: November 2021 to June 2022
* **2022 USPSA 2 Gun National Championship** (June 9, 2022: Second Place in USPSA Limited category)
* **2022 Ryan Rocks!!! Charity Blast** (August 13, 2022: Third Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2022 Southern California LEM Championship** (August 2022: Second Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2022 SIG Sauer Carry Optics Nationals** (September 7, 2022: Second Place in USPSA Carry Optics category)
* **2022 LEO 2-Gun** (September 17, 2022: Third Place in IDPA/LEM category)
* **2022 Berry’s Red Rock Rumble** (September 21, 2022: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2022 North Texas Open** (September 30, 2022: First Place in USPSA Limited category, Grand Master)
* **2022 MasterPiece Arms Racegun Nationals**: (October 12, 2022: Fourth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2022 Blue Bullets Production and PCC Nationals**: (October 19, 2022: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2022 GridIron Arena** (October 28, 2022: Fourth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2022 Law Enforcement Multigun Championship** (November 2022: First Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2022 Louisiana Gator Classic** (November 4, 2022: First Place in USPSA Carry Optics, Grand Master)

### 2023 Season

* **IPSC 1st American Extreme Open** (January 26, 2023: Second Place in IPSC Open category)
* **2023 Ultimate Law Enforcement Challenge** (March 2023: First Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2023 Roadrunner Shootout**: (March 22, 2023: First Place in USPSA Carry Optics category, Grand Master)
* **Team Motley Dragons Cup 3.0** (April 19, 2023: Third Place in USPSA Carry Optics category)
* **Texas State Open Championship 2023** (April 28, 2023: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2023 Bianchi Cup** (May 26, 2023: Seventh Place/Women's Champion, Score: 1914-167/99.69%, Open category)
* **2023 Nor Cal Section Golden Bullet Championship** (June 7, 2023: First Place in USPSA Carry Optics category, Grand Master)
* **2023 Federal USPSA Multigun Nationals** (July 19, 2023: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2023 Southern California LEM Championship** (August 2023: Second Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2023 Battle for the North Coast** (August 18, 2023: Fourth Place in USPSA Open category)
* **S&HS USPSA** (August 26, 2023: First Place in USPSA Open category, Grand Master)
* **2023 California Ultimate Outlaw Multigun** (July 2023: First Place in LEM category)
* **2023 Vortex Optics Open & PCC Nationals** (September 4, 2023: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **COASTAL CLASSIC** (October 5, 2023: Seventh Place in USPSA Open category)
* **Carolina Reaper II** (October 27, 2023: Second Place in USPSA Open category)
* **2023 Law Enforcement Multigun Championship** (November 2023: First Place overall/First Place women's division)
* **2023 US IPSC Nationals**: (November 16, 2023: First place in IPSC Open category, Grand Master)

### Results

* **Total Matches**: 67 (17 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 7 in 2020, 14 in 2019)
	+ 17x IPSC/USPSA First Place finishes
	+ 7x IDPA/LEM First Place finishes
	+ 1x CUOM First Place finish
	+ 17x IPSC/USPSA Second Place finishes
	+ 4x IDPA/LEM Second Place finishes
	+ 18x IPSC/USPSA Fifth Place or Better finishes
	+ 1x Bianchi Cup Seventh Place finish
	+ 1x IDPA/LEM Third Place finish
	+ 1x USPSA Seventh Place finish

### Achievements

* 12x IDPA/LEM Women's Champion (LAPST-W)
* 3x IDPA/LEM World Champion (2019, 2021, 2023)
* 4x IDPA/LEM Champion (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
* 1x Bianchi Cup Women's Champion (2023)
* 7x USPSA Champion (3x 2019, 3x 2021, 1x 2023)
* 1x IPSC Nationals Champion (2023)
* 1x CUOM Champion (2023)

### Categories

* **USPSA Carry Optics**: 9x matches
* **USPSA Limited/Limited 10**: 10x matches
* **USPSA Open**: 23x matches
* **IPSC Open**: 2x matches
* **USPSA Single Stack**: 8x matches
* **USPSA Production**: 2x match
* **LEM categories**: 13x matches

## CEIG Service History

### Career Beginnings

Maggie spent the first part of her career learning the ropes of her new job. Maggie, being younger than most of her coworkers and more in tune with how younger people talk and act, was often tasked with luring predators online. Maggie quickly proved adept at luring predators and carrying on conversations as someone younger than herself, when the situation required Maggie could also hold conversations on the phone posing as a preteen. Maggie successfully trapped several online predators and led to multiple arrests for various crimes. Maggie also managed to lure a member of a major international human trafficking operation into a trap, her arrest and decision to cooperate led to the dismantling of the organization and the arrests of most of its leadership.

Most of Maggie's early career was relatively uneventful, after becoming qualified as a Digital Forensics Agent in March 2019, Maggie became a lot busier and spent most of the following year identifying and recovering digital evidence, conducting digital surveillance, and operational support to HSI investigations as well as assisting local agencies in several significant crimes against children cases. Maggie was also tasked with speaking at local events for education institutions, Maggie's age helped her better connect with high school and college students, many of whom were only a few years younger than she was. Maggie became one of CEIG's official public relations specialists along with Ella Grant.

Due to being the most skilled member with firearms and CQB tactics, Maggie was often tasked with leading raids for CEIG which didn't require the use of the Special Response Team (SRT).

### Meeting Brian McGaren

Maggie first met infamous and legendary LAPD detective Brian McGaren in January 2019 shortly after she first arrived in Los Angeles. The Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG) assisted the LAPD Major Crimes Division with a parental abduction investigation. Maggie was initially annoyed at Brian’s confrontational and aggressive demeanor during an interrogation of a suspect, eventually however Maggie and Brian developed an understanding between each other. After the case was resolved successfully, Brian asked Maggie to help with the apprehension of a child abuser and drug dealer. Maggie was initially hesitant, despite respecting Brian and his abilities, Maggie was unsure of Brian's motives. Eventually Maggie agreed to assist Brian and his partner Josh Kalen, after successfully apprehending the suspect, Maggie and Brian developed a respect for each other and a good working relationship.

After developing a working relationship, Brian often asked Maggie for assistance and operational support on child abuse/exploitation cases, Brian despite being old school and not a fan of feds in general, respected Maggie's abilities and her dedication to her role regardless of politics or personal opinions. Years later, Brian would say that Maggie and her uncle Sean, are the only two feds 'that aren't pussies', a statement which Josh Kalen explained was high praise by Brian's standards.

### The UCLA Incident

On August 29, 2019, Maggie and Mark Kirby were conducting surveillance near UCLA when a call came through from a UCLA Police officer who was trying to apprehend a suspect. Maggie went to provide assistance while Mark called for additional backup, Maggie eventually located the officer and the suspect, and a scuffle ensued. The officer was stabbed in the leg and Maggie was cut on the arm before she eventually disarmed and arrested the suspect before providing medical assistance to the officer. Maggie required stitches and was back to work in two weeks, the officer eventually made a full recovery despite some initial nerve damage. Maggie and the officer both received awards for their actions in the apprehension of the suspect. The suspect turned out to be a date rapist who was active on the campus over the past several months.

The UCLA incident served as Maggie's introduction to the more public spotlight that her later career would consist of.

### Fighting for Public Safety

In May 2020, Maggie as a Digital Forensics Agent assisted in the most urgent investigation of her career; a joint Airport Group/Transnational Organized Crime Unit investigation into the importation counterfeit Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which came into LAX in international cargo. Given the severity of the situation, the organized crime group responsible for bringing it in had to be identified and shutdown as quickly as possible before people's lives were put in danger. The Airport Group managed to intercept two shipments of counterfeit PPE equipment, however another shipment had already gone out to a distributer and had to urgently be recalled. Maggie was able to identify the country of origin and coordinated with local law enforcement to located and apprehend the shippers. While other outright counterfeit and faulty PPE came in over the following months and year, the largest shipment had been intercepted before it could do any harm.

In the following months, Maggie also assisted the Cybercrime and Incident Response Team (CIRT) in shutting down several online scams selling ineffective or counterfeit PPE, the scams were especially concerning due to the significant increase in the use of social media due to the stay-at-home order in place in California, this led to an unprecedented number of people falling victim to the life-threatening scam. Several individuals and groups were identified and arrested in the online scams, despite most trials being postponed and many prison sentences being commuted, the DOJ made an example of the scammers due to the high likelihood of a significant increase in infection and loss of life for anyone who believed they were buying legitimate PPE.

### The Morrow Case

Maggie’s highest profile case came in June 2021 when she assisted DHS OIG and HSI San Diego in investigating the sexual assault of Monique Morrow, a female Border Patrol Agent by a male supervisor. Ella had requested Maggie assist with the case as it needed a digital forensics agent and the SAC of the DHS OIG office in San Diego, a friend of Ella’s, had requested her assistance. Ella chose Maggie both because she was a digital forensics agent and because as a fellow survivor, Maggie had a unique insight into dealing with survivors and their abusers. Maggie, along with assistance from HSI San Diego, helped uncover a series of disturbing emails that the suspect had sent to friends which contained pictures of Monique unconscious during the assault and also contained messages of the suspect bragging about the assault, albeit indirectly. Also on the case was Jane Kelly, a highly experienced AUSA from the Southern District of California who specializes in crimes of a sexual nature. During one interview and technical investigation at Monique's home, several coworkers of her abuser showed up to try intimidating Monique, Maggie threatened them into not coming back and won over Monique's trust and respect.

During the course of the investigation Maggie’s background came to light to the defense team, the defense tried unsuccessfully to claim it was a personal vendetta by alleging that Maggie was doing this because she was unhappy with the sentence her abuser got. Maggie stood her ground and denied the false accusations that she was on a vendetta. The tactic of questioning Maggie’s integrity failed and was not only unsuccessful but also further turned the jury against the defendant and in the end the defendant was convicted and sentenced to the maximum possible sentence of 8 years. Maggie eventually became friends with Monique, who eventually left the Border Patrol and went to work for Customs and Border Protection in Los Angeles.

### The Undercover Incident

In August 2021, Maggie took place in her first and so far, only undercover operation. Maggie and SA Yvonne Lima from ASAC Ventura, were brought in to assist the Transnational Organized Crime Unit in the investigation of a smuggling ring ran by Eastern European organized crime. Maggie and Yvonne were brought in as neither was known by sight within the organization’s area of operations.

Maggie and Yvonne were tasked with posing as professional buyers from New York City with connections to several Wall Street businessmen. Despite DSAC Dean Sorensen having reservations about their involvement as neither were certified undercover agents, he eventually relented and agreed to let them participate. Sorensen did however let Marlon Ramirez. the Group Supervisor of the Transnational Organized Crime Unit know in no uncertain terms that if it went awry, he’d be held responsible.

Neither Maggie or Yvonne could wear a wire to the meeting as the group was technologically advanced and had always scanned the meeting attendees for listening devices before discussing business. The meeting started off fine with Maggie and Yvonne holding their own, however it quickly went downhill when one of the group’s members claimed to have felt suspicious. Maggie and Yvonne were forced at gunpoint to strip naked to prove they weren’t wearing a wire, they were threatened with rape and worse until they complied. Maggie was praised for keeping a cool head and thinking on her feet. After being forced to strip, Maggie commented to Yvonne "Let’s keep this to ourselves. Ya know how pissed your husband gets when you get into compromising positions with a bunch of random guys." with Yvonne retorting "Well this is like a normal Friday night for you isn’t it?". This exchange got a lighthearted response from the group and caused the previous hostile atmosphere to become almost jovial with several people in the group cracking jokes with the two agents. Afterwards the meeting resumed and the group agreed to the deal.

At the arranged meeting location, Maggie and Yvonne were able to get the deal completed and the group were arrested by HSI Special Response Team members. Despite the success of the operation, Group Supervisor Marlon Ramirez was severely reprimanded for allowing his two undercover agents to be harassed and humiliated by the group. Maggie spoke in Ramirez’s defense, saying that the group likely wanted to scare and humiliate them to see how they reacted in order to gauge their authenticity, rather than suspecting them of wearing a wire. Sorensen later admitted that Maggie’s comments had all but saved Ramirez’s career.

Both Maggie and Yvonne were praised for their quick thinking and being able to keep their composure when threatened with violence. Both kept in good spirits about their ordeal, with Yvonne jokingly saying "Well at least I got to see Maggie naked!" at a debriefing.

### The Ingram Case

In September 2021, the CEIG worked the case of Robert E. Ingram, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. In early August 2021, CEIG named Ingram as a person of interest in a significant child exploitation case. Ingram had used his knowledge and access to the school’s computer systems to cover up his online activities, until two female students came forward with statements of inappropriate behavior from Ingram. CEIG gathered information about Ingram who eventually grew suspicious and left school property while no one was watching. Cyber forensics specialist Callie Roberts was able to uncover child abuse material on Ingram’s computer, as well as hundreds of videos of female students taken without their knowledge.

Maggie, Matthew Lambert and Daniel Vega went to Ingram’s home in Echo Park to arrest him at 4:29pm on Tuesday September 20. After gaining entry, Ingram opened fire with a handgun and subsequently fled out the back before agents could return fire, Ingram was eventually located in a nearby yard adjacent to an alleyway where he had committed suicide with a self inflicted gunshot. Two days after the incident, a second perpetrator was discovered, Grant York, a student of Ingram's. Maggie and Mark Kirby went to York's off campus apartment and found him suffering from severe head and facial trauma from a self inflicted gunshot wound, while calling for help York tried to finish the job by tearing at his face and neck. Despite York's attempts, Maggie and Kirby managed to restrain York until medics arrived and were able to sedate him. York went on to make a partial recovery, however he suffered from facial paralysis and was forced to undergo several reconstructive surgeries to reconstruct his jaw and throat, he was subsequently sentenced to 34 years. The case and its aftermath caused a media sensation and prompted Ella and the CEIG to attended events at UCLA in an effort to educate students on how to spot and avoid predators like Ingram.

### The Underage Performer

In March 2022, the CEIG investigated several allegations that a prominent male amateur adult performer had begun his career while underage. Several of his former classmates eventually came forward and reported him, the individual who remained anonymous to protect his privacy, was only 16 when he began his adult channel during the March 2020 lockdown. Maggie and DEA SSA Damon Garris attempted to interview an underground adult film producer, the producer refused to cooperate which prompted Maggie and Damon to use the unconventional method of waiting outside with their raid jackets on to stop anyone from coming into the producer’s office. The tactic was successful, and the producer eventually agreed to cooperate. He gave the agents the name of a production assistant who had worked with the alleged victim in person, Maggie and Damon went to interview the PA who was finally able to identify the victim. CEIG was able to locate the victim and he was taken into protective custody.

CEIG investigated several high profile figures in the adult entertainment industry, both mainstream and independent, but ultimately laid no charges as the underage performer had an ID that he’d bought from a document fraud ring which was ran by an Asian organized crime group. CEIG and HSI received praise from several adult entertainment figures who they’d encountered during the investigation, it led to increased cooperation between the industry and the federal law enforcement community. Maggie and Damon were also able to make professional friendships with several high profile adult entertainment figures, including Jason Henderson and Geneva Winters.

### Big Marks and Little Marks

In June 2022, a 2 month postpartum Maggie returned briefly and assisted and her uncle Sean as he mediated a dispute between rival street gangs. Two rival gangs had been vying for control over a disputed area located directly between their existing unofficial borders, the dispute had led to several high profile incidents including shootings and arson of a number of gang owned properties. After well known businessman was shot at a gas station, the Captain of the Gang and Narcotics Division of the Los Angeles Police Department requested Sean to handle the situation as quickly as possible before more lives were lost. Sean and Maggie started their investigation by 'shaking up the streets' by apprehending several low level dealers and getting them to carry a message back to their leaders about NGU's intention to stop the killings at all costs.

Sean and Maggie organized a sit down with the two gang leaders and forced them to agree to a ceasefire while the issue was resolved. The two leaders argued back and forth until Sean threatened to make sure neither were able to control the territory. To add pressure to the two feuding parties, Sean and the HSI Special Response Team raided the gang’s highest earning businesses while Maggie stayed with the two leaders to keep the pressure on. After much discussion and prodding from Sean, the two leaders agreed on a distribution of the territory and ordered a permanent ceasefire.

Sean, a respected figure in the gang community, despite being on the opposite side, was praised by several members of different factions who were adversely affected by the mini gang war. Maggie earned the respect of the gangs due to her ability to work together with them and treating everyone equally. Maggie was given the street name Little Marks, in reference to Sean’s nickname Big Marks. Maggie and Sean received unofficial recognition from the LAPD leadership for relieving the public pressure that had been placed on them for months to stop the gang war. The gang leaders ordered a ceasefire in exchange from HSI and LAPD gang units easing the pressure on their members and businesses.

### The Lindam Case

Robert M. Lindam was an obstetrician and gynecologist who was charged with sexually assaulting over 70 women and girls during a 14 year period from 2001 to 2015. After several allegations were made against Lindam in 2014 and 2015, he fled the state after being interviewed on March 11, 2015. Despite an FBI warrant being issued for Lindam’s arrest and the case being subsequently turned over to the Marshals Service, no trace of Lindam was found between 2015 and 2022.

In August 2022 while working an unrelated case, the CEIG were tipped off that Lindam was back in Los Angeles for unknown reasons. After obtaining a warrant for Lindam’s arrest, Maggie along with CEIG agents Oscar Reyes and Kyle Gibson, as well as LAPD detectives Brian McGaren and Joshua Kalen went to a residence in El Monte where Lindam was allegedly staying while in town. After silently gaining entry, Lindam attempted to escape through the back door but was caught and arrested. The joint HSI/LAPD group brought Lindam to the Los Angeles FBI field office and handed him over. After an initial disagreement over not informing them of the intended arrest, the FBI eventually made a statement thinking the hard work of HSI and CEIG in apprehending Lindam.

It was eventually discovered that Lindam had been living under an assumed identity in Toledo, Ohio for the majority of his time as a fugitive. It was also discovered that while in Toledo, Lindam had conned his way into several wealthy women’s lives and after engaging in affairs with them, used his access to blackmail the women into providing money and sexual favors in exchange for him keeping their affairs private. Lindam had returned to Los Angeles after one woman reported him for blackmail. Lindam fearing being discovered, returned to Los Angeles to try getting help from a former secretary of his who Lindam previously had an affair with in 2012. Lindam was sentenced to 1,197 years for his crimes in Los Angeles and was also charged with and convicted of blackmail and sexual assault by coercion in Ohio.

### The Accident

On January 27, 2023, CEIG members Maggie and Mark Kirby, and SA’s Marcus Mills and Jill Fallon of the Cybercrime and Incident Response Team were involved in an accident while engaged in a pursuit with a suspect. While traveling over a blind hill, a car driven by a 77 year old man crossed onto the wrong side of the road causing a serious collision. Jill Fallon, the driver of the HSI vehicle received the most serious injuries and subsequently had to medically retire. Mills and Kirby received minor injuries; however, Mills was trapped in the vehicle for a period of time.

Maggie suffered very minor injuries but aggravated an old ankle injury which required time off to recover. Despite her injuries, Maggie was able to provide assistance to the other driver until emergency medical services arrived. Maggie became a minor celebrity after her body camera footage was released to the media which showed her rendering assistance to the injured driver. People praised her professionalism and her caring attitude towards the other driver while he was trapped in his vehicle. Maggie stayed with the driver until he was freed by rescue services and airlifted to hospital. In the aftermath, Maggie spent a week on medical leave, Kirby and Mills spent two weeks on leave and Fallon underwent several surgeries but never recovered sufficiently to return to duty.

### Making SRT History

In December 2022, HSI Los Angeles SRT operator and tactical instructor Zach Shanahan suggested Maggie try out for the Special Response Team. Shanahan being a health and fitness specialist understood how ballet dancers are often stronger than an average man and often rival Olympic swimmers and gymnasts in terms of physicality, as well as possessing the stamina and endurance that would be perfectly suited to a SRT operator. He also knew Maggie's extensive competitive firearms skills would be an asset to SRT.

Maggie was initially unsure due to not believing she had the right personality but after some encouragement from her uncle Sean and CEIG members, she eventually decided to try out at the next SRT qualification in August. Unsurprisingly she scored almost perfectly in both physical fitness and tactical ability. Maggie was assigned to train with the SRT until February 6, 2023 when she was sent to the SRT Initial Certification Course at the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, Tactical Operations Unit (OFTP/TOU) at Fort Moore in Columbus, Georgia. Maggie excelled and surprised her instructors with her physical and tactical skills and dedication. Maggie excelled with the firearms and CQB proficiency and stamina, only scoring slightly lower due to not having the same upper body strength that some other athletes have.

Upon graduation on February 19, Maggie became one of only four female SRT operators behind Michelle Liles of SRT Dallas in 2007, Lisa Alvarez of SRT New Orleans in 2014, and Georgia Ceberano of SRT Chicago in 2019. She came second in the class and became the highest scoring female graduate in the course’s history. Upon her return Maggie joined SRT Los Angeles, becoming the first female operator in the team’s history. There was a small controversy over Maggie being supervised by her uncle Sean, under normal circumstances family members aren’t allowed in the same team, however as the situation was unique and SRT was collateral duty, HSI allowed them to serve on the same team but on different squads.

Due to her abilities and her background as a competitive shooter, and one of the best marksmen at HSI Los Angeles, Maggie was given the position of designated marksman and support gunner. During her time with SRT, Maggie successfully talked a barricaded suspect into surrendering and ending his hours long siege at a Los Angeles hotel. Maggie and Zach Shanahan became known as 'The Crazies' due to their self imposed training regime, which was significantly more involved and rigorous than the standard monthly training. Some of their antics involved training in full MOPP gear while running up and down a hiking trail for 2 hours.

### The New Face of HSI

In February 2023, Maggie became the female face of HSI’s new recruitment program, she was picked by HSI after she became a minor celebrity after the January 27 accident. The photographer who was hired to photograph her for the campaign said: "Maggie is tough but feminine, she manages to do her job with the utmost dedication and still keeps her feminine qualities which isn’t something you see with a lot of women in this field. And hey makeup is always on point, she’s the perfect face for this recruitment campaign." Maggie was also already well known among certain circles due to her competitive shooting and tactical modeling for TacWorks and Tactical Goddess.

As part of the recruitment campaign, which was specifically aimed at women, Maggie was photographed during several operations and also at a recruitment event. Maggie and ERO officer Kate Marin were photographed extensively for the campaign. The photographer commented they each of them showed a dedication, toughness and courage without sacrificing their femininity or personal style. He also commented that Maggie was the first ever female LEO that he didn’t have to have a makeup artist in order to photograph her. He said that Maggie’s makeup skills were so good that they didn’t need any retouching for a modeling setting. He commented "You could bring in 10 professional photographers and 10 professional makeup artists and 9 of each would say her makeup was done professionally. Maggie credited her career in dance with helping her develop her makeup skills.

The campaign wasn’t without controversy, an online law enforcement publication reported that Maggie, a former professional dancer, didn’t represent the reality of what most women in law enforcement looked like. A HSI spokesperson addressed the matter by saying that Maggie was chosen because of her real world investigative ability and the fact she represented what a woman in law enforcement could be; stylish and feminine yet still just as capable as any male agent, not because of her body type or physical appearance. The campaign was successful and was aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement's goal of reaching 30% female personnel by 2030.

### The McManus Case

On March 18, 2023 Maggie was in Phoenix, Arizona for an exhibition shooting event when she was asked to assist Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG) members from HSI Phoenix in the apprehension of Anthony and Shannon McManus. Anthony and Shannon McManus were a husband and wife professional shooting team who had served as coaches for various national Junior IPSC teams until allegations of abuse began to surface. After an extensive investigation by the HSI's Child Exploitation Investigations Group, the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Squad, the Arizona Department of Public Safety's Criminal Investigation Division, and the Phoenix and Tempe Police Departments, a trail of abuse committed by the McManus's was uncovered stretching across two decades from 2000 until 2021. Several survivors had spoken out over the years, however no charges were ever laid, after one survivor spoke out in 2021, the McManus's had stepped back from their coaching role and secluded themselves in their rural home near Tonopah, Arizona.

Maggie was asked to assist HSI Phoenix in the apprehension of the McManus's as she had met Shannon McManus several times at women's IPSC/USPSA events over the years. An ATF Group IV (Gun Crime Intelligence Center) investigation had identified over 50 weapons in the McManus's possession, including a Kalashnikov KOMRAD AK 12 semi-automatic shotgun, several short barrel AR rifles, a Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 suppressed submachine gun, destructive devices including a M203 grenade launcher, and rumors of several illegally owned NFA weapons. A joint HSI Special Response Team and ATF Special Response Team operation was organized to apprehend the McManus's at their Tonopah home in the early hours of March 19, 2023. Maggie joined the HSI Phoenix SRT team, after making entry an ATF SRT operator located Shannon McManus who exited her hallway cupboard with a rifle and was shot with a 12 gauge less lethal round. Maggie located Anthony McManus coming down the stairs and chased him back up their stairs where he subsequently barricaded himself in his bedroom. Anthony mistakenly believed Shannon had been shot, Maggie was able to negotiate with Anthony to surrender himself in exchange for visiting Shannon before being taken to jail.

HSI Phoenix SRT operators attended a residence in Gilbert, Arizona where James McManus, the son of the McManus's lived. After making entry, James was found hiding in his shower with the previously identified Kalashnikov KOMRAD AK 12, James gave himself up after a brief standoff. The case gained significant public attention, and a search warrant located several hard drive's worth of child exploitation material in the McManus's home. The scandal created a media sensation, organizations such as the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), as well as the previous business partner of the McManus's, Shadowstrike Tactical, all condemned the McManus's actions and stated they were assisting the authorities in their investigations. The McManus's were arraigned on several counts of child abuse and sexual assault, their trial is scheduled for early 2024.

### The Little League Case

In April 2023, CEIG investigated the case of a little league coach who was running a major child exploitation ring between himself and an associate in France. The investigation eventually led CEIG to rural Arizona to a secluded training camp for several little league teams. After discovering a physical therapist from Los Angeles was practicing without a license in Arizona, CEIG offered him a deal in exchange for giving up the ringleader of the child exploitation network. The case received widespread media attention and involved law enforcement in both the United States and France. The suspects were eventually tried and convicted of various crimes and sentenced to over 1000 years each.

### Interference in Nebraska

On May 6, 2023 Maggie was assigned to assist SSA Damon Garris and SCDTF personnel working a case of an alleged drug smuggling operation based in Johnson County, Nebraska. From their arrival, local authorities were less than helpful and outright appeared to be trying to obstruct the investigation. SSA Garris eventually grew tired of the constant interference from the locals and called in some favors within the DEA’s upper management. A high ranking DEA official contacted the Governor’s office and threatened to have all federal funding withdrawn unless the locals in Johnson County kept themselves out of the investigation. The townspeople weren't especially helpful, viewing the federal agents as outsiders and not wanting to rat on their own friends and family.

The sheriff initially seems to comply with the Governor’s orders but soon started interfering again with the investigation. At one point he even tipped off a member of the smuggling group which resulted in a minor shootout between DEA SRT operators and several local criminals. After the incident, DEA SRT team leader confronted the sheriff and almost came to blows. After the incident the sheriff was temporarily removed from office and replaced with his chief deputy. The locals subsequently kept out of the investigation. Maggie used her digital forensics skills to intercept communications between known members of the organization and their superiors. Through their lax security measures during phone calls, the team was able to learn the structure of their organization, where their product was stashed and what kind of security was present at the location.

The investigation was a huge success and culminated with a massive raid on a farm which served as the central hub of the smuggling operation. The majority of the members of the operation were arrested during the raid, with a few remaining members arrested over the following week. The Ringleader, Gene Brown was apprehended by US Marshals in Alpine, Texas on October 11. Brown was in possession of several firearms and illegal documents, including a fraudulent Mexican passport. In the aftermath, former sheriff "T", whose identity was withheld for privacy reasons, attempted to sue Damon Garris and the DEA for his firing but was unsuccessful, eventually "T" was arrested for making harassing phone calls to the Omaha DEA office.

### The Last Case

In her final case with the Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG) before beginning her temporary duty assignment with the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF), Maggie received minor injuries during an attempt to apprehend a human trafficking suspect. A joint Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG) and Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) investigation identified a potential human trafficking ring operating in the Los Angeles County area. After identifying several key members of the suspected ring, a tactical surveillance operation was initiated to apprehend two of the members in the early morning hours of March 29. HSI Special Response Team operators made a traffic stop on an SUV owned by a pair of brothers who had been identified as members of the ring, after the passenger exited the vehicle without incident, the driver took off while Maggie was leaning into the vehicle. The driver refused to stop, even after being threatened with being shot, eventually the driver attempted to hit a parked car further down the street to get Maggie out of the vehicle. Maggie let go just before the SUV hit the parked car, Maggie injured her right arm but was able to get up and move to cover as the suspect started reversing to try hitting her. Members of the SRT arrived and a pursuit ensued with the suspect which ended after the suspect was involved in a serious traffic accident at a nearby intersection. Maggie had some severe bruising but was otherwise unharmed and was able to return to work the following week to start her TDY with the SCDTF.

## SCDTF Service History

Between May and July of 2023, Maggie served a temporary duty assignment with the HSI National Gang Unit attached to the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF). The SCDTF is a joint task force overseen by the Drug Enforcement Administration and supervised by DEA Supervisory Special Agent Andrew Nguyen. Maggie served as a temporary replacement for a HSI special agent who had unexpectedly retired due to medical reasons. Due to their heavy use of tactical surveillance, they also prioritize SRT/SWAT operators as task force members.

During her time with the SCDTF, Maggie worked on several complex drug investigations. One case involved a drug import network ran by an Armenian organized crime group. Maggie used HSI’s broad immigration authority to intercept several shipments of illegal goods, including narcotics and on one occasion a complex human smuggling operation. At one point Maggie used the immigration authority to shut down a terminal at the Port of Los Angeles to locate and rescue over 20 people who had been smuggled in from Asia. While the shutdown of the port received significant publicity, the rescue operation was praised.

In August 2023, Maggie was officially asked to remain as a full time SCDTF member, Maggie accepted the request.

### The Rip Crew

In June, SCDTF worked the case of rip crew who were targeting street organizations that dealt in illegal narcotics and weapons. The rip crew was initially thought to be one that had been active several months before, however it was eventually discovered that the crew was in fact a new one who had been responsible for the deaths of the previous crew. The crew had met in prison and working of an outdated list of major drug dealers, planned to rob them when they got out. The group had murdered and stolen the identities of a previously active low level rip crew as a means to cover their tracks. The members of the crew were identified, and several shenanigans ensued including Maggie sneaking up on their car as they were casing a gang business and after getting into the backseat of their car, Maggie let them know authorities were onto them. The rip crew's crimes got worse, culminating in the torture and drowning death of a single father who had the misfortune of buying the house of a former dealer. After this the SCDTF started a campaign of high visibility enforcement to destabilize illegitimate businesses in the South Central area in the hopes of flushing out the crew. Eventually while conducting surveillance in Watts, Maggie's car was firebombed with her inside, despite this she was able to make it out unharmed and a charge of attempted murder of a federal agent was added to the rip crew's ever increasing list of crimes. After learning their next target from confidential informant JoJo, a joint SCDTF and GND team waited in the home the crew was about to hit and were able to use CS gas and concussion grenades to arrest them without significant incident.

### Cartel Capers

In July, SCDTF worked the case of an apparent cartel murder in Ladera Heights. Early on the morning of July 5, an LAPD patrol noticed a suspicious vehicle parked in a McDonalds parking lot. Upon investigating the vehicle, officers noticed a severed head placed on the trunk facing towards the building. SCDTF and members of the Transnational Organized Crime Unit investigated the murder as a possible cartel intimidation plot. Upon not discovering any cartel involvement among the employees, Maggie used an unconventional tactic and showed a picture of the crime scene to the employees. The reaction of one gaining her attention and upon questioning the employee admitted to having been a low level dealer for an individual with cartel connections. During their investigation they uncovered a plot to murder an informant, they were unable to reach the informant in time and discovered him mutilated and deceased in his apartment.

A raid was conducted on a home in Culver City just before 3am on July 11. Two of the suspects were arrested after a brief standoff, a third suspect, armed with a concealed machete, was returning home when he noticed police activity and fled on foot. He was noticed by Maggie and Eric Lane who gave chase through a series of alleyways and a park before hiding in a junkyard. After narrowly missing be struck by the suspect’s machete, Maggie again gave chase and cornered the suspect in an abandoned trailer at a construction site. After a brief standoff with SCDTF and LAPD, the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody. All three were eventually charged with murder and various drug related offenses.

### Dismantling an Interstate Network

The team also investigated several narcotics trafficking shipments that came from Utah, through Arizona and into California. A massive surveillance operation led to the seizure of a warehouse full of narcotics. SCDTF also worked with HSI’s elite Asset Identification and Removal Group and the Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit to locate, identify and seize millions of dollars of proceeds of crime from the trafficking organization. The seizure was one of the largest in Utah history, with the Utah Attorney General estimating it would set back the drug trade by half a decade or more.

### The DEA Incident

On May 17, 2023, DEA Special Agents Jackson Holt and Steve Liebetrau, members of Los Angeles Mobile Enforcement Team were transporting evidence from the Whittier Police Department to the DEA Los Angeles Field Office, the evidence was from a high profile case involving a drug smuggling network with cartel ties. While traveling through a backstreet of Pico Rivera, California, the two came under automatic weapons fire from a group of unknown assailants. The two managed to exit the vehicle and take cover, they sent out an urgent call for help which was picked up by members of the Southern California Drug Task Force's Group II, including Maggie, Sean Maher, and Marco Reyes. Group II, consisting of SRT operators, responded as they were less than 2 miles away working tactical surveillance for an unrelated DEA case. Upon arrival, Group II were fired on by the assailants, after returning fire Group II managed to kill one assailant and incapacitate another. Group II then provided cover fire while Holt and Liebetrau were moved to a safer cover location, Maggie, a designated marksman managed to kill one of the last two members. Three minutes after Group II arrived, a joint LASD and Whittier Police Department force arrived and secured the area, followed shortly after by a DEA Special Response Team quick reaction force. After advancing on the position of the remaining assailant, he was apprehended and taken to hospital.

The assailants were eventually identified as a cartel paramilitary mercenary group known as the Shrouded Hand. The shooting was almost immediately ruled as justified, it was the first shooting Maggie and Marco Reyes had been involved in, all 3 members of Group II received recognition from the DEA, and were all awarded by their respective agencies for their actions. The remaining Shrouded Hand member, identified as Roberto Lopez-Torres was charged with several counts of attempted murder on federal agents, as well as weapons and immigration charges, Lopez-Torres was found stabbed to death in his cell while awaiting trial. It later came to light that Group II had been creative in their description of 'conducting unrelated tactical surveillance' and had actually been unofficially shadowing Holt and Liebetrau since they hadn't been granted tactical support for their transport assignment. However, since it worked out, the ranking agent Sean Maher was not reprimanded for running an unsanctioned escort.

### The Handbag Incident

In August 2023, Maggie and Brian McGaren were doing community outreach during a neighborhood community event in Glassell Park. Maggie and Brian attended a local church meeting where several community leaders were in attendance. After a slightly tense meeting, Maggie witnessed a teenager steal the handbag of a woman arriving at the event. Maggie gave chase while Brian called for backup and assisted the victim of the robbery. Maggie chased the thief over two blocks before the suspect ran into the street and into the side of a car, temporarily incapacitating him. Maggie detained him until LAPD arrived and returned the handbag to the victim. After the incident, local leaders thanked Maggie and agreed to a sit down meeting for the purpose of fostering improved relations between law enforcement and the local community. Despite relations not really changing between the community and law enforcement in general, Maggie gained acceptance and respect in the community due to her actions.

### The Rigoberto Lima Case

On September 5, 2023, Southern California Drug Task Force members received a tipoff that a prominent street gang was planning to murder journalist Rigoberto Lima. The gang was acting on the belief that Lima had ‘been snitching’ about their activities, Lima had extensively documented the gang’s activities both in Los Angeles and El Salvador. After falling to get in contact with Lima, Maggie along with SCDTF members Eric Lane, Liam Morales, and DEA Special Response Team members attended his residence in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. After gaining access to the residence, agents found Lima deceased in his bedroom, having been tortured and murdered before the tip even came in. The forensic medical examiner determined that Lima had been tortured with electrocution, beaten, castrated and finally had his throat cut. The medical examiner estimated that the torture lasted for at least two days and that Lima would likely not have survived even if he hadn’t been murdered. The case received significant media coverage, SCDTF members, LAPD Robbery-Homicide detectives, HSI transnational organized crime specialists, and even the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime were among the investigators tasked with solving the crime.

During digital forensic examination of his computer and extensive backup materials stored offsite, Maggie found evidence uncovering a number of high profile crimes committed by the gang which had previously been unsolved. After a HSI spokesperson confirmed reports the gang was being investigated for the murder, an email was sent to HSI Los Angeles containing a video of the torture of Lima. The email was eventually traced to a cafe in Leimert Park with free Wi-Fi access. After reviewing CCTV footage, SCDTF was able to identify a suspect, identified only as 'E’, 'E’ was arrested in connection with the murder and eventually admitted to sending the video in the hopes that his fellow gang members would be arrested for their crimes. 'E’ admitted involvement and explained he was forced to record the torture and murder as an initiation, 'E’ was wracked with guilt and tried to get caught by sending the video to authorities.

The gang members responsible for Lima’s murder were all subsequently arrested and charged with first degree murder, 'E’ testified against them and was sentenced to 10 years in protective custody for lesser offenses such as destruction of evidence and interfering with remains, his former friends were sentenced to life without parole for the murder.

### The Warehouse Rescue

On November 10, 2023, Maggie was conducting surveillance in an industrial area of Vernon, California when she saw a suspicious box truck pull up to a secure warehouse on the neighboring industrial lot. Maggie called in the truck's details and found out it the tags were fraudulent; Maggie was also informed that a security guard was present on the site but was unable to be contacted by phone or radio. LAPD and SRT backup was dispatched and Maggie made her way to the warehouse to secure the perimeter. Maggie made her way inside and located 56 year old security guard John Salt who had been restrained and assaulted, Maggie gave Salt her keys and told him to lock himself in her vehicle. Maggie disabled their vehicle before she made her way to the back of the warehouse where she located 3 men attempting to pick the lock of a safe, after identifying herself one of the robbers tried to reach for a concealed handgun but stopped once Maggie informed him it would be the last thing he did if he touched it. Maggie held the three men until LAPD arrived to take them into custody. Upon their arrest, the men were found to be carrying two handguns, an assortment of knives and an illegally modified short barrel shotgun. Despite the group not being wanted by SCDTF personnel, it was discovered they were responsible for several violent armed robberies and burglaries of warehouses all across Los Angeles County.

### The Fatal Pursuit

On December 11, 2023 Group II of the SCDTF were conducting tactical surveillance on a suspected narcotics smuggler in South Central Los Angeles. During the investigation, Group II noticed a vehicle containing 4 occupants driving by the location repeatedly, after doing a vehicle check it showed the plates were counterfeit. Group II started following the but eventually lost it in heavy traffic at a construction zone and decided not to sacrifice their cover to stop them. Two hours later, the same vehicle was located again by a LAPD Gang and Narcotics Division detective doing an unrelated patrol of a high crime area. Group II moved to intercept the vehicle while the GND unit tailed the vehicle, eventually Group II arrived at the area the vehicle was in however an unrelated California Highway Patrol unit made a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle for crossing the center line. The GND unit attempted to get in contact with CHP to let their officer know the suspects were likely armed and dangerous, a minute after the traffic stop was made, Group II arrived and the suspect vehicle attempted to flee, narrowly avoiding striking the CHP officer with their vehicle.

Group II attempted to disable the suspect vehicle by hitting it with their SUV but were unsuccessful, a high-speed pursuit ensued between SCDTF Group II, two LAPD GND units and a tactical unit from the LASD. During the pursuit the vehicle repeatedly drove erratically, including driving at high speed in the emergency lane. Eventually after trying to overtake a vehicle by using the emergency lane, the suspect vehicle crashed into the back of a box truck which had broken down on the highway. The impact killed three of the four occupants of the vehicle instantly, with the fourth sustaining life threatening injuries. Tactical units secured the scene but had to make sure the remaining suspect was no longer a threat before emergency medical services could treat him. Maggie got into the suspect vehicle to make sure there were no weapons in the immediate vicinity of the injured suspect. After securing the scene, the remaining suspect was airlifted to hospital where he eventually made a partial recovery.

The incident caused some controversy over the CHP officer not being aware of the threat posed by the suspects, the CHP said it was not informed the vehicle was involved in narcotics or gang activity. DEA spokespeople refuted this, and an LAPD spokesperson also commented by saying the only reason their GND unit was able to identify the suspect vehicle and initiate a tail, was because they had received the information. After communications logs were released which showed Group II calling in the vehicle, and DEA communications personnel subsequently sharing this information with other agencies, the CHP amended their statement and further stated they would look into how to avoid miscommunication in the future.

The remaining suspect, identified as Troy Glade, was eventually brough to trial for several weapons related charges. Despite never making a statement, Glade was identified as a member of an underground mercenary group working for a Los Angeles based criminal street organization, the group was allegedly tasked with disrupting drug trade for competitors of the organization it worked for.

## Personal Life

Maggie has been in a long term relationship with Lindsey Shaw since 2010, Maggie and Lindsey live together in Stevenson Ranch, California. The two were eventually married on Thursday June 30, 2019, at a civil ceremony in San Francisco, California. Maggie is panromantic demisexual and monogamous. Maggie identifies as agnostic. Maggie is close to her parents and visits them often. Maggie is a Monday person, a Pisces, and a Fire Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Her mother and father are a Dog and Pig respectively, both in the Metal element.

Maggie is an avid reader and hiker, she still enjoys dancing in her spare time and has run 3 half marathons with Lindsey, she also enjoys riding motorcycles. Despite working in a predominantly male dominated and masculine industry, Maggie considers herself quite feminine and loves fashion and dressing up, she has what she calls ‘a creative style’ and loves shoes. Maggie plays amateur baseball with a local law enforcement team, preferring to pitch. Maggie’s favorite color is green, her favorite food is chicken, and her favorite dessert is cheesecake. Maggie also loves mint chocolate chip ice cream and pizza but has admitted she rarely treats herself to either.

Maggie is fluent in English, Spanish and French, she also speaks semi-fluent Italian and Portuguese. Maggie learned Spanish while growing up so she could communicate with her grandmother Louisa in her native language. She learned basic French in school and eventually taught herself to be fluent in it, along with a little help from college friend Naomi Aragon. She also learned to speak some Portuguese and Italian throughout her life and career.

Maggie’s Great-great-great-great aunt was Hertha Ayrton, a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, and suffragette. Maggie counts Ayrton with her interest in mathematics and engineering. Maggie was inspired in her early life by ballerinas Margot Fonteyn and Natalia Osipova, she credits them with developing her love of dance and her dream of being like them someday.

### Name

Maggie's name came primarily from her mother. Margaret come from a combination of her great grandmother Margaret Anne, Margaret "Meg" March from Little Women, and English actress Maggie Smith. Mary came from Mary Shelley, Jennifer's favorite author. The combination of Margaret Mary also came from Catholic mystic and nun Margaret Mary Alacoque, as well as actress Margaret Lockwood. During her professional dance career, Maggie used her middle name, Mary as she was informed by an instructor that it sounded 'more sophisticated' than Maggie. After her dance career and her sexual abuse came to light, Maggie went back to using her first name Margaret during college before again using Maggie during her second career in law enforcement.

Growing up, Maggie had an especially close bond with her grandmother, Louisa. Maggie even learned Spanish to be able to speak with her grandmother in her native language. Louisa gave Margaret the nickname Peggy, after her childhood best friend Margaret "Peggy" Lloyd.

Maggie was given the nickname Gastonia by her Sentinel Blue teammates in 2021, it came from her preference for Glock handguns and from Gaston Glock, the founder of Glock. The name originally started as a jab from teammate and future team Captain Steven Ellis, Ellis who is sponsored by Staccato and uses 2011 style pistols, made the joke about Margaret's preference for Glocks and the name eventually stuck.

### Style

Maggie's style has changed over the years. While training and dancing with the New York City Ballet, Maggie's style was comfortable and casual. When she became a Barnard student, Maggie's style was primarily feminine and colorful, such as white sneakers, orange polka dot miniskirts and purple tank tops. After becoming a HSI agent, Maggie's style changed to a professional working style, still with some feminine touches. After becoming a professional competitive shooter, Maggie's style became a mixture of practical and feminine, with colorful touches including pink camouflage.

In her personal life, Maggie's style if a mixture of feminine and practical/comfortable. Maggie has a preference for athletic clothing for activities like training, working out and generally being out and about. In her dressier mode, Maggie has a preference for elaborate nail designs, subtle and slightly colorful makeup, and feminine and classy outfits.

## Relationships

*Main article: Margaret's Sexual Partners*

### Maggie’s Family

Maggie is close to her parents, especially her mother Jennifer Marks. Despite thinking Maggie should go to college, Jennifer supported her ballet career and was her biggest supporter, after Maggie’s abuse came to light, her mom was her biggest advocate. Jennifer grew up devoutly Catholic and in a conservative family. Her belief waned as she attended college and became friends with people of various faiths, sexual orientations, and lifestyles. After her daughter came out as demisexual and panromantic, Jennifer became an advocate for her daughter, her future daughter in law, Lindsey, and all members of the LGBT community, she also promoted the separation of church and state. Maggie’s father, Richard Marks also has a close relationship with his daughter. Both Maggie and her mother are very in touch with their emotions whereas Richard is more reserved, so while Maggie’s relationship with her father is different, they’re still very close. Maggie spends time watching movies and antiquing with her mother and enjoys golfing with her father.

Maggie had a very close relationship with her grandmother Louisa Marks. Maggie spent hours with her grandmother, who also taught her Spanish. Maggie had lied and said it was for school, but it was really to be able to speak with her grandmother in her native language. Eventually Maggie’s mother, Jennifer, confided in Louisa the truth about why Maggie had asked to learn Spanish, this significantly strengthened their bond. Louisa doted on her granddaughter, who was her only grandchild for the first several years. Louisa gave Maggie the nickname Molly after her childhood best friend. After Louisa’s death on October 21, 2009, Maggie took it especially hard, both due to their strong bond and because it was Maggie’s first experience with the death of a family member.

### Lindsey Shaw

Maggie first met Lindsey on September 8, 2008 when Lindsey and Maggie both arrived to attend the Winter Term at the School of American Ballet. Maggie was enamored with Lindsey’s worldliness, style and openness. 14 year old Lindsey quickly found herself drawn to the quiet and reserved 12 year old Maggie. The two became best friends almost immediately and spent all their free time together, both socializing and practicing their craft. Lindsey encouraged Maggie to attend a local dance class to broaden her experience, which up until that point had only been classical ballet.

As their friendship blossomed so too did the sparks of romance. On February 10, 2010, Maggie and Lindsey shared their first kiss, 9 days before Maggie’s 14th birthday. Their romance went from strength to strength, however they were careful to keep it to themselves to avoid the stigma of being an LGBTQIA+ dancers. On October 13, 2010, the morning of Lindsey’s 16th birthday, Maggie worked up the courage to ask her out on a date, Lindsey immediately accepted. Lindsey slowly introduced Maggie to female and sexual pleasure, it was during this time Maggie learned she was on the bisexual spectrum and what that meant. On June 22, 2012, Lindsey graduated from the School of American Ballet and went to apprentice with the San Francisco Ballet. Despite being separated by 2,900 miles, their relationship stayed as strong as ever.

Despite Maggie’s parents being loving and supportive, Maggie was initially unsure how to broach the subject of both being bisexual and having a girlfriend. Maggie’s concerns however were unfounded as her mother Jennifer already knew. From a combination of how Maggie spoke about Lindsey, to seeing how they acted when together, Maggie already knew her daughter was clearly in a romantic relationship with Lindsey and therefore wasn’t heterosexual. Both Maggie’s parents were supportive and always had been supporters of the LGBT community as Maggie’s aunt Charlotte is lesbian. Lindsey’s parents not only supported the couple but were especially proud of Lindsey’s choice of partner as they felt it might tone down her wild side slightly. Likewise Maggie’s parents felt Lindsey’s worldliness might help Maggie come out of her shell and be more comfortable in herself.

Shortly after leaving for San Francisco, Lindsey was talking to Maggie on the phone when Maggie confided in her that she was being sexually abused by her guardian Angela Hadid. Lindsey promised to keep Maggie’s secret but she ended up contacting the police in New York City to protect Maggie from suffering anymore abuse. Next to Maggie’s parents, Lindsey was her primary support network during the trial and eventual conviction of Angela Hadid in late 2013. During her time dancing with the New York City Ballet, Maggie visited Lindsey whenever she possibly could. Despite their distance, their relationship never really suffered. Even during their tough times, they stuck together. When Maggie decided dancing wasn’t her dream anymore and decided to go to college and hoped to work in law enforcement to protect children from the type of abuse she’d experienced, Lindsey supported her new dream enthusiastically. When Lindsey left the San Francisco Ballet after a serious injury, Maggie was her support network as she found her new passion in life.

Eventually in 2019, Maggie had become a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations and was lucky enough to be posted to her first choice location in Los Angeles. Maggie and Lindsey had always planned when one was settled, they’d be together again. In early 2020 Lindsey moved to Los Angeles to be with Maggie. Maggie and Lindsey got a place together in Pasadena and started their lives together. It was their first time being together, for more than a few weeks, since 2012.

On June 27, 2019, Maggie and Lindsey attended the San Francisco Pride Parade, on a whim they decided to get married while in San Francisco. They contacted their families and set up a date, June 30, when they could all attend. On Thursday June 30, 2019 at 3pm, Maggie and Lindsey were married in a civil ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, with Maggie’s parents Jennifer and Richard, and Lindsey’s parents Elizabeth and Carlos, and Lindsey’s brother Carlos Jr. in attendance. Unbeknownst to the newlyweds, their parents arranged a special reception for them after the ceremony, among the guests were their parents, their joint best friend Callie Roberts, Kate Bailey and Todd Wells, Miranda Snow, Justine Ziernik, and two of Lindsey’s former colleagues from the San Francisco Ballet. Several other friends who couldn’t attend sent their well wishes.

Maggie and Lindsey had a ‘honeyday’, a combination honeymoon and holiday in San Francisco before returning home on July 8th to start their new married lives together. Maggie and Lindsey are affectionately known by the portmanteau ‘Largaret’.

Maggie and Lindsey’s anniversary is October 13, they officially started dating on October 13, 2010, which coincidentally was Lindsey’s 16th birthday. They initially met on September 8, 2008 at the start of SAB’s Winter Term.

### Victoria and Ryan Allen

Maggie first met fellow Sentinel Blue teammate Victoria Allen in February of 2019 when Maggie joined the team. Maggie and Victoria quickly became friends and Victoria became a mentor to Maggie on the field of competition shooting, Maggie despite having skill, needed to transfer her skills from CQB and tactical shooting to practical/competition shooting. Maggie and Victoria grew closer as friends as they started training together more and more, eventually Maggie and Victoria began representing Sentinel Blue at LEM women's matches and proved to be a highly successful team, both became founding members of the Sentinel Blue Women's Team in 2022. After Maggie claimed first place at the 2019 Inland Empire Sectional on May 18, Victoria invited her out to celebrate, their celebration led to their first sexual encounter. After their first sexual encounter, Maggie and Victoria became 'close friends with benefits' and often spent time training together with a few intimate encounters in between.

Maggie and Victoria's relationship was supported by their respective partners Lindsey Shaw and Ryan Allen. Both having experience in ethically non-monogamous relationships, supported their partners in exploring a new aspect of themselves and their sexuality together. Maggie and Victoria's sexual relationship in turned strengthened their friendship.

In June of 2019, Victoria invited Maggie to a threesome with her and her husband Ryan Allen. Maggie was initially a bit unsure due to having only had very limited sexual experience with men, but she eventually agreed to see how the evening went. The three had a dinner and evening together before culmination in a night of sexual exploration and pleasure. After their first threesome became a hit with the group, Victoria started regularly inviting Maggie for both 'just us gals' time and threesomes with Ryan. Eventually Maggie attended a foursome with Victoria, Ryan and their former cuckhold 'bull' partner Justin. One such threesome in a hotel room in Bossier City, Louisiana on the evening of October 21, 2019, just before the 2019 Louisiana Gator Classic, led to the conception of Maggie's first child, Oliver.

Shortly after Victoria and Ryan moved 3 streets away from Maggie and Lindsey in 2022, their relationship became even more serious. In September 2023, Maggie, Victoria and Ryan decided to enter a polyamorous relationship together. The three had been in a sexual relationship since 2019, but they finally decided to make it official and be romantic partners as well as sexual partners. Lindsey was ecstatic about the relationship and that Maggie was finally comfortable to give polyamory a chance. Victoria said "It was such a romantic moment; we had a lovely dinner and then Ryan bent us over the counter and gave us a good seeing to!". One such encounter on the evening August 1, 2021, led to the conception of Maggie's second child Sophia.

Nowadays Maggie, Victoria and Ryan get together on average once a week to spend time together both in a friendship sense and often sexually, Maggie and Victoria train together almost daily and always stay together when traveling with Sentinel Blue. Maggie has also admitted to, at Victoria's insistence, 'indulging in the occasional quickie' with Ryan during Maggie's evening training sessions at TacWorks Academy.

### Miranda Snow

Maggie met fellow New York City Ballet apprentice Miranda Snow in 2011. Despite their age differences, Maggie was 15 and Miranda was 18, the two quickly became close friends and started spending all their free time together. After joining the Corps de Ballet, the two emotionally supported each other through the challenges of both their respective careers and having no family on the East Coast. After it came to light that Maggie was being sexually abused by her guardian, Miranda invited Maggie to live with her and three other female dancers.

As the only two LGBTQIA+ women in the apartment and as they both had no partners in the same state, Maggie and Miranda soon became ‘best friends with benefits’. This was encouraged by Maggie’s girlfriend Lindsey as she knew that physical intimacy was necessary for Maggie and her healing journey. Maggie described her intimate relationship with Miranda by saying "We lived together, we danced together, we spent all of our free time together. The intimacy we shared through dance translated perfectly to physical intimacy." Maggie lived with Miranda from 2012 until she left to attend Barnard College in 2014.

Even after moving, Maggie and Miranda stayed best friends with occasional benefits until Maggie moved to Los Angeles in 2019. In 2017, Maggie and Miranda starred in The Journey, an independent post apocalyptic adventure film directed by Marianne Nichols. The film was financed and produced by Elija Le and starred best friends Miranda Snow and Maggie Marks as couple Alison and Maya. The film had a very modest theatrical release but quickly became a cult classic and earned over $1.8 million worldwide. Maggie, Miranda and Elija are all still in regular contact and still best friends, they occasionally have intimate encounters when they get together.

Miranda eventually retired from ballet and became an actress, Maggie and Miranda remain close friends and Maggie has been to several of Miranda’s movie premieres as well as several of Miranda and Elija’s productions.

### Elija Le

Maggie was introduced to freelance choreographer, producer and writer Elija Le in 2012 through her best friend (with benefits), Miranda Snow. Miranda and Elija quickly fell in love with each other and became romantic and business partners. After getting to know Elija, Maggie danced in several of Le’s ballet adaptations, including as Peter Pan in Le’s adaptation of Peter Pan, and Miranda in Le’s adaptation of The Tempest. As their friendship progressed and becoming closer friends, Maggie brought up how she’d never been intimate with a man and asked him to be her first. Elija and Miranda both felt honored by the request and Maggie became sexually active with both Miranda and Elija.

Maggie described her first sexual experience with Elija as "Intensely intimate and therapeutic, it wasn’t sex it was lovemaking". After leaving for college in 2014, Maggie remained best friends with benefits with Miranda and Elija regularly until Maggie moved to Los Angeles in 2019. Maggie, Miranda and Elija are all still in regular contact and still best friends, they occasionally have intimate encounters when they get together.

### Kate Bailey and Todd Wells

Maggie met Kate Bailey on her first day at Barnard College, the two were part of the Computer Sciences department and both went one to being one of only around a dozen students to complete the Barnard/Columbia University 4+1 Pathways program in 2019. The two became roommates during graduate school along with two other graduate students. They kept in touch after graduation.

Maggie was the Maid of Honor at Kate and Todd’s wedding in 2020. Maggie is also good friends with Kate’s husband Todd Wells, the three sharing a love of software, coding and programming. Maggie, Kate and Todd have written software and coded for apps.

### Sentinel Blue

Maggie joined the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST), also known as Sentinel Blue in 2020. She quickly made friends with members senior team member LAPD detective Steven Ellis and team founder LAPD sergeant Thomas Howe. Maggie became close friends with BHPD officer Victoria Allen who she came to regard as a mentor in the competitive shooting field, despite Maggie being highly skilled at tactical shooting and CQB, Victora helped her smooth off the rough edges to get into the competitive groove. In 2022, when the Sentinel Blue Women's Team was formed, Maggie became captain, and she became friends with new member ICE officer Sonia Knight. Victoria, her husband and family soon moved to Pasadena, California and ended up only 3 streets away from Maggie and Lindsey, the four often spending time jogging, running, and hiking together.

Maggie, Sonia and Victoria quickly became best friends and spent their time training together, working out and keeping fit together, and spending time together. Maggie, Sonia and Victoria have all modeled together for clothing and gear from Tactical Goddess, one of their team sponsors. The three of them have become quite popular at official events, showcases, exhibition events, dinners, promotions, and meetups. Despite people suggesting they're only popular with leering male shooters, Victoria suggests they're popular because of their style, candor, approachability, and passion for their field.

### Maeve Nichols

Maggie first met fellow HSI Special Agent Maeve Nichols in 2021 when Maeve first arrived at HSI Los Angeles as part of the Trade Fraud and IPR Investigations Group (TFIIG). Maggie and Maeve soon became friends and ended up working out together and Maggie also helped Maeve improve her shooting technique and CQB skills.

Maeve eventually assisted the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF) with a counterfeiting investigation. After working together, the two had a brief romantic encounter and subsequently decided to become friends with benefits.

### Yvonne Lima

Maggie first met Yvonne Lima in 2021 when the two volunteered to go undercover for the Transnational Organized Crime Unit to help bring down an organized crime group. Maggie and Yvonne went undercover as professional buyers from New York City with connections to several high profile Wall Street businessmen. After the operation went awry, Maggie and Yvonne managed to keep their composure and their cool after being threatened and forced to strip naked. The operation ended up being a success despite the incident.

After the operation Maggie and Yvonne became close friends and often spend time together with their respective partners. Maggie and Yvonne also realized, albeit after the incident, they they both shared a very similar background; both had familial federal law enforcement connections, both graduated from prestigious private liberal arts colleges, both were accepted to HSI’s Pathways Internship Program and served their respective internships at HSI New York, and both ended up at HSI Los Angeles serving on the same operation.

### The Barnard Sisters

The multicultural friendship and women’s empowerment group The Barnard Sisters was founded by Jill Zheng, an Economics student at Barnard College, Jill had no family or close friends in the New York City area so she founded a group of similar women. The group consisted of Naomi Aragon, a Neuroscience and Behavior student, Ananya Prakash, an Environmental Science student, Maggie, a Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences student, and Kate Bailey, a Computer Science student.

The group was active both in social activities as well as student activism for important causes such as ending sexual violence against women and children, LGBT rights, civil rights, and religious freedom. The group received praise from several organizations such as Out to Innovate and the Coalition Against Sexual Violence for their work to improve the lives of at-risk young people. After college the five friends went their separate ways but remained good friends and maintain contact as much as possible.

### Ella Grant

Maggie met Ella Grant, her supervisor, when she arrived at HSI Los Angeles. Maggie immediately came to consider Ella as one of her two mentors, along with Monica Valdez. Maggie, Ella, Callie and Juliana all became close friends and often spend time together, they eventually formed a group called Callie’s JEM’s. Ella came to think of Maggie as a little sister and made it her purpose to make sure she succeeded.

### Monica Valdez

Maggie met Monica Valdez when she arrived at HSI Los Angeles in 2019. The two quickly became friends and Maggie came to consider Monica as one of her mentors, along with Ella Grant. Monica is the polar opposite of Ella, with Ella finding positivity and hope in even the most difficult situations, Monica is more jaded and has an overall negative opinion of society in general. Despite this and Monica not forming many close friendships, Monica developed a connection with Maggie and became one of her mentors.

### Callie Roberts

Maggie met Callie Roberts, an Intelligence Research/Computer Forensics Specialist, when she first reported for duty at HSI Los Angeles. The two quickly bonded over their shared love of computers and technology, Maggie and Callie often team up on cyber forensics matters and also spend time together outside of work. Maggie, Lindsey and Callie are also fashion lovers who often spend time together at fashion shows and events. Callie eventually formed a group called Callie’s JEM’s, which includes Maggie, Juliana and Ella.

### Juliana Silva

Maggie met Juliana Silva, an Assistant United States Attorney, in 2020 and the two quickly became friends. Maggie, Callie and Juliana consider themselves best friends and ‘honorary sisters’, they spend a lot of their free time together. Callie eventually formed a group called Callie’s JEM’s, along with Juliana, Ella and Maggie.

### Joanna Greenwood

Maggie met Joanna Greenwood in 2020 when she and Ella Grant conducted community outreach with The Phoenix Foundation. Maggie and Joanna became friends and Maggie started occasionally attending support groups at The Phoenix Foundation in addition to her regular community outreach. Joanna has also used Maggie’s memoir as a reference for spotting abusive relationships and recognizing nonverbal cues that survivors often use in a subconscious attempt to get help.

### Nicola Crawford

Maggie met Nicola Crawford in 2020 when she and Ella Grant started doing community outreach with The Phoenix Foundation. Maggie and Nicola quickly became friends and would often spend time together, along with their respective wives, Lindsey and Heather. In November 2022 when Heather was killed in the line of duty, Maggie and Lindsey, along with Joanna Greenwood, formed Nicola’s support network.

### Matthew and Rochelle Lambert

Matthew Lambert served as Maggie’s training agent and the two quickly became friends, they often team up on CEIG cases and work well together. Maggie and Matthew enjoy hiking and riding motorcycles together in their time off. Maggie also immediately hit it off with Matthew’s wife Rochelle. Maggie and Rochelle both love computers and are both advocates for children’s safety. Maggie served as a bridesmaid at Matthew and Rochelle’s wedding in 2021.

### Kyle Gibson

Maggie met Kyle Gibson in 2020 when he was assigned to the Child Exploitation Investigations Group at HSI Los Angeles. Despite being 5 years older than Maggie, Kyle came to consider her like a protective older sister due to Maggie’s caring and nurturing nature. Maggie and Kyle, both being only children in their respective families, came to appreciate their almost sibling relationship. Maggie gave Kyle dating advice and even helped him organize a date with photographer Abigail Fell.

### Rainey and Margaret Qualley

During her time in New York City, Maggie, at the time known as Margaret Marks, met Margaret Qualley who was a student at the Professional Children’s School at the same time as Maggie. Through Margaret Qualley, Maggie met her sister Rainey Qualley and the three became friends.

Both Maggie and her friend actress Margaret Qualley share several similarities; both left home at an early age and trained as ballerinas at prestigious ballet schools, both attended the Professional Children’s School, both use their middle names as their first name (Maggie being known by her middle name Mary during her dance career), and both have experience in acting and modeling. Despite this, Maggie has stated she’s always had a closer friendship with Margaret’s sister Rainey.

Through famous friends like Miranda, Margaret Qualley and Rainey Qualley, Maggie has been able to attend several special events such as I Love Coco in 2016, the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in 2017. As well as movie premieres, invite only events and other ‘prestigious’ activities.

### Daisy Hicks and Scott Cordero

Maggie met Daisy Hicks, a Cognitive Science student, when the two were assigned to be freshman roommates. Daisy, an extrovert, tried to get Maggie to come out of her shell and try embracing the college lifestyle more fully than just the academic side. During college, Daisy was an aspiring model and often took Maggie with her for moral support. Maggie’s presence led to her getting a few modeling jobs herself, despite not liking the modeling itself, Maggie did notice it significantly increased her self confidence and helped her sense of style. Ultimately Maggie decided modeling wasn't for her, particularly after being told by several casting agents that she was far too short. After college Daisy became a reporter in Orlando, Florida and eventually married and had two sons. Maggie and Daisy remain friends and are in regular contact.

Maggie met bartender Scott Cordero in 2017 when she was a 21 year old junior and Scott was 27. After Maggie and her friends Jill Zheng, Naomi Aragon, Ananya Prakash and Kate Bailey started frequenting The Dead Poet where Scott worked. Despite traveling in vastly different circles, Maggie and Scott became friends and remained in semi-regular communication.

## Maggie Marks

Maggie initially created her own personal heraldry logo when she was a student at Barnard College. It initially started out as a user logo for her work with The Coding Initiative (TCI), after creating the logo, she went on to use some variation of it throughout her various careers. Maggie’s logo started out as a simple stylized letter 'M'.

Maggie’s personal heraldry logo now consists of a stylized letter 'M' inside a shield surrounded by a wreath. The logo is gold on a black background. Maggie has stated that the 'M' represents both her name and the Marks family, the shield represents steadfastness, dedication and her own personal calling in law enforcement, and the laurel wreath represents triumph, dedication and sacrifice. The color gold represents the Earth and abundance, and the black background represents elegance as well as the importance of standing steadfastly against the darkness. Maggie has said that while the Marks Family has its own coat of arms, she wanted her own modern take on personal and family heraldry.

Maggie has used a variation of it in both her personal and business letterhead, and on the logo for her YouTube channel Maggie’s Modern Life.

### Family Members

* **Lindsey Marks (née Shaw)**: Wife (Born 10/13/1994)
* **Oliver Marks**: Son (Born 07/17/2020)
* **Sophia Marks**: Daughter (Born 04/26/2022)
* **Jennifer Marks (née Bell)**: Mother (Born 1970)
* **Richard Marks**: Father (Born 1971)
* **James B. Marks**: Grandfather (Born 1948)
* **Louisa Marks (née Torres)**: Grandmother (Born 1945, Died 2009)
* **Sean Marks**: Uncle (Born 1975)
* **Toni Marks (née Arwood)**: Aunt (Born 1970)
* **Elizabeth Shaw (née Lakeland)**: Mother in Law (Born 1962)
* **Carlos Shaw**: Father in Law (Born 1959)
* **Carlos Shaw Jr.**: Brother in Law (Born 1997)
* **Charlotte Marks**: Aunt (Born 1978)
* **Michelle Collins**: Honorary Aunt (Born 1981)
* **Evelyn Marks**: Niece (Born 2014)
* **Adalynn Collins**: Honorary Niece (Born 2003)

### General Information

* **Zodiac Sign**: Pisces (Fire Rat: Chinese zodiac)
* **Nationality**: American
* **Ethnicity**: Caucasian (English/European ancestry)
* **Religion**: None
* **Romantic Orientation**: Panromantic
* **Sexual Orientation**: Demisexual
* **Weight**: 125.6 lbs (57 kg)
* **Body Type**: Slim
* **Body Measurements**: 34/24/35 in
* **Bra Size**: 32B
* **Shoe Size**: 6 (US)
* **Dress Size**: 6 (US)

### Trivia

* **Trademark**: Serious but caring personality.
* **Trademark**: Often sports a white or light pink manicure, a black or red pedicure, and almost always wears her hair in a bun or ponytail while working.
* Maggie spent almost 11 years within a 5.2 mile radius of Manhattan in New York City: Between 2008 and 2019, while attending the School of American Ballet including living with her guardian in Central Park West, attending the Professional Children’s School. dancing with the New York City Ballet, attending Barnard College/Columbia University, and interning at HSI New York. All of which are in a less than 5.5 mile radius of each other in the Borough of Manhattan.
* Maggie’s Master’s thesis was about the changing nature of cyber forensics and the emergence of an era requiring digital forensics, it was entitled **Beyond the Cyber Frontier: Challenges of Law Enforcement in a Digital Age**.
* After learning Maggie had never owned an item of designer clothing, Miranda and Elija bought her an $1,100 pair of Gucci heels and a $2000 Yves Saint Laurent handbag as a graduation present. Maggie still owns both and treasures them.
* Maggie shares a name with her great grandmother Margaret Anne Marks (1912 to 1996), who coincidentally was passed away a few months after Maggie was born, in February 19 and May 4, 1996, respectively.
* Maggie is left-handed, but ambidextrous in most things apart from writing.
* Maggie is a Yondan (4th Dan) black belt in Shotokan Karate, having taken it up in college as a way of letting off steam and keeping her body active.
* Maggie’s badge number is 9893 and her radio call sign is 3597-DAVID.
* Maggie owns a tanzanite blue 2021 BMW M4 and a matte silver 2022 Triumph Street Triple.
* Maggie carries a Glock 45 MOS as her HSI personally owned sidearm, she also owns her previously used personally owned Glock 19M followed by a Glock 19 MOS.
* Maggie is issued a Custom HSI Rifle as her HSI standard issue rifle.
* Maggie carries a Glock 26 as her authorized secondary/backup duty handgun. She uses a Glock 43X MOS as her general off duty sidearm, or a customized TTI Glock 43 as her concealed off duty sidearm.
* Maggie and Lindsey are regular attendees of the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride.
* Maggie and Lindsey are both Trekkies, Maggie’s favorite is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Lindsey’s favorite is Star Trek: The Next Generation.
* Maggie and Lindsey have two pet rats, Stewart (named for Patrick Stewart) and Brooks (named for Avery Brooks).
* Maggie’s first car was a 2008 Ford Taurus, she owned it from 2019 to 2021.

### Quotes

* "I’m a Fire Rat! That means I’m small and cute, but I can still light everything on fire if you mess with me!"
* "All plans fail if you think too much about them."
* "I wasn’t expecting to get shot at today, so that was fun I guess."
* "If you stand outside someone’s place and loudly announce you’re from the CEIG (Child Exploitation Investigations Group), there’s a pretty good chance they’ll let you in to save face."
* "I mean… if you squint your eyes enough and turn your head at just the right angle it vaguely resembles a plan."
* "I missed out on so much, so many little life experiences people take for granted, ballet was my life for 14 years. I sacrificed everything for my dream and believe me it took everything, but I wouldn’t change my experience for anything." (Quote from her memoir)

### The Marks Ranch

The Marks Ranch is the family home of Maggie Marks and Lindsey Shaw, is located on Sargasso Circuit in Stevenson Ranch, California. Maggie and Lindsey purchased it in mid 2021 to cut down on Maggie's commute time for work and training, the new house effectively cut off 27 minutes of travel time each weekday for her. Maggie initially had to commute to work, to Newhall after work for training, and back home each day, a total travel time of 1 hour and 37 minutes, or around 83 miles per day. Their new home cuts down commuting time to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or around 63 miles per day. Their new home is located less than 5 miles from the TacWorks Academy facility where Maggie trains daily. Not only does their new home save extra time for family, but it allows Maggie to train at virtually any time, including when the kids are asleep, and structure her family and work schedules more effectively. It is also located 32 miles or a roughly 35 minute commute from Maggie's workplace.

They bought their home outright on September 21, 2021 for $939,000. Their home is a 4 bed, 3 bath 2,312 Sq Ft home located on a 6,063Sq Ft lot. It includes a yard for the kids to enjoy time outdoors, a room which Lindsey converted into a studio for her YouTube channel. Maggie and Lindsey moved slowly over the period of 3 months, being completely moved in by December 19, 2021. Maggie and Lindsey affectionally named their new home 'The Marks Ranch' due to its location in the unincorporated community of Stevenson Ranch, California.

## Qualifications

### HSI Special Agent

* **Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)**: November 27, 2018
	+ Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP)
	+ HSI Special Agent Training (HSI SAT)

### HSI Intelligence Analyst

* **Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)**: March 12, 2021
	+ Basic Intelligence Analyst Course (BIAC)

### Digital Forensic Agent

* **Cyber Investigator Certificate Program (CICP)**: January 25, 2019
* **National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI)**: March 28, 2019
	+ Basic Computer Evidence Recovery Training (BCERT)
	+ Basic and Advanced Computer Forensics (BCFP/ACFP)
* **Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)**: January 18, 2019
	+ Basic Computer Forensics Agent (BCFA)
* **Cellebrite Certified Mobile Examiner (CCME)**: July 9, 2021
	+ Cellebrite Advanced Smartphone Analysis (CASA)
	+ Cellebrite Certified Physical Analyst (CCPA)
	+ Cellebrite Certified Operator (CCO)
	+ Cellebrite Mobile Forensic Fundamentals (CMFF)
* **Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)**: May 7, 2021
	+ IACIS Basic Computer Forensics Examiner (BCFE)

### HSI Special Response Team Operator

* **Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, Tactical Operations Unit (OFTP/TOU)**: February 19, 2023
	+ SRT Initial Certification Course (SRT ICC)

### Forensic Linguist

* **University of Washington**: May 18, 2022
	+ Master of Science: Computational Linguistics

## Professional Information

### Educational Qualifications

* **High School Diploma**: 2013 (Professional Children’s School)
* **Undergraduate Certificate**: Computer Technology (2014: Fisher College)
* **Bachelor of Arts**: Computer Science/Mathematical Sciences (2018: Barnard College)
* **Master of Science**: Computational Linguistics (2022: University of Washington)

### Volunteer Experience

* **June to August 2015**: In the summer of her freshman year, Maggie worked as a residential summer camp counselor at Camp Beech Cliff in Mount Desert, Maine.
* **March 2016 to February 2017**: In her late sophomore and junior year, Maggie served as a volunteer with Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY) offering companionship and teaching technology to senior citizens.
* **May to August 2017**: During the summer of her junior year, Maggie volunteered as an implementation intern at software development company EdSights.
* **November 2014 to September 2017**: Throughout her freshman, sophomore and junior years Maggie volunteered as a web development and graphics intern for The Coding Initiative (TCI). She assisted TCI in researching, developing, creating and maintaining websites and apps for nonprofit organizations.

### Memberships

* **Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association** (2020)
* **Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society** (2017)
* **Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society** (2018)
* **Society of Women Engineers** (2015)
* **The Barnard Sisters** (2014)
* **Callie’s JEM’s** (2019)

### Filmography

* **The Dance of Darkness**: Dance double (2014)
* **The Journey**: Maya (2017)
* **The Raptors**: The Headhunter (2021)

### Barnard College

* **Freshman**: Tuesday September 2, 2014 to Wednesday May 20, 2015
* **Sophomore**: Tuesday September 8, 2015 to Wednesday May 18, 2016
* **Junior**: Tuesday September 6, 2016 to Wednesday May 17, 2017
* **Senior**: Tuesday September 5, 2017 to Wednesday May 16, 2018
* **Degrees Conferred**: Bachelor of Arts (05/16/2018)

### Angela Hadid

* **Arrest**: Thursday July 26, 2012
* **Arraignment**: Monday July 30, 2012
* **Pre-Trial/Discovery**: Thursday August 23, 2012
* **Trial**: Friday September 13, 2013 to Friday September 27, 2013
* **Sentencing Hearing**: Thursday November 28, 2013
* **Incarceration**: Thursday November 28, 2013 to Wednesday December 15, 2021
* **Release**: Wednesday December 15, 2021

### New York City Ballet

* **SAB Student**: June 30 to August 1, 2008 (Summer Course)
* **SAB Student**: September 8, 2008 to June 17, 2011 (Winter Term)
* **NYCB Apprentice**: October 3, 2011 to March 24, 2012
* **NYCB Member**: March 24, 2012 to January 9, 2014
* **NYCB Soloist**: January 9, 2014 to August 16, 2014

### Homeland Security Investigations

* **Pathways Internship**: Thursday June 1, 2017 to Friday June 1, 2018
* **FLETC**: Monday June 4, 2018 to Tuesday November 28, 2018
	+ **CITP**: Monday June 4, 2019 to Monday August 20, 2018
	+ **HSI SAT**: Tuesday August 20, 2018 to Tuesday November 27, 2018

### Marriage

* **Married**: June 30, 2019
* **First Anniversary**: June 30, 2020
* **Second Anniversary**: June 30, 2021
* **Third Anniversary**: June 30, 2022
* **Fourth Anniversary**: June 30, 2023

### Oliver pregnancy

* **Conceived**: October 21, 2019
* **1 Month pregnant**: November 17, 2019
* **2 Months pregnant**: December 17, 2019
* **3 Months pregnant**: January 17, 2020
* **4 Months pregnant**: February 17, 2020
* **5 Months pregnant**: March 17, 2020
* **6 Months pregnant**: April 17, 2020
* **7 Months pregnant**: May 17, 2020
* **8 Months pregnant**: June 17, 2020
* **Born**: July 17, 2020
* **Parental Leave**: July 17, 2020 to October 17, 2020

### Sophia pregnancy

* **Conceived**: August 1, 2021
* **1 Month pregnant**: September 1, 2021
* **2 Months pregnant**: October 1, 2021
* **3 Months pregnant**: November 1, 2021
* **4 Months pregnant**: December 1, 2021
* **5 Months pregnant**: January 1, 2022
* **6 Months pregnant**: February 1, 2022
* **7 Months pregnant**: March 1, 2022
* **8 Months pregnant**: April 1, 2022
* **Born**: April 26, 2022
* **Parental Leave**: April 26 to July 23, 2022

## Maggie's Gear

### Everyday

* **Belt**: Kore Essentials X1 Buckle Belt
* **Pistol Holster**: Vedder LightDraw OWB
* **Magazine Carrier**: Vedder MagDraw Double OWB
* **Handcuff Holder**: ASP Investigator Handcuff Pouch
* **Flashlight**: SureFire EDCL2-T

### Tactical

* **Helmet**: Ops-Core FAST Helmet
* **Plate Carrier**: FirstSpear Siege-R Optimized
* **Ballistic Plate**: AR500 Level III+
* **Belt**: Kore Essentials B1 Battle Belt
* **Pistol Holster**: Safariland 6390 RDSO
* **Magazine Carrier**: Esstac KYWI Magazine Carrier (2 pistol, 1 rifle)
* **Magazine Carrier**: Esstac KYWI Magazine Carrier (2 pistol)
* **Handcuff Holder**: HSGI Slick Handcuff TACO
* **Flashlight**: SureFire UDR Dominator

### Other

* **Glock 45 Magazines**: 6x TTI +6 23 round magazines, 2x TTI +4 21 round magazines
* **Glock 19 Magazines**: 6x TTI +5 20 round magazines, 2x TTI +3 18 round magazines
* **Glock 19X Magazines**: 8x Glock +2 19 round magazines
* **Rifle Magazines**: 4x Magpul PMAG 30 round magazines
* **Knife**: Chris Reeve Sebenza 31

## Maggie's Routine

### Weekday Schedule

* **Wake up**: 4am
* **Head to work**: 5:15
* **Arrive at work**: 5:45
* **Start work**: 6am
* **Finish work**: 4pm
* **Leave work**: 4:15pm
* **Arrive at range**: 4:50pm
* **Practice**: 4:50pm to 7:50pm
* **Arrive home**: 8:05pm
* **Family time**: 8:05pm to 10pm
* **Sleep**: 10pm to 4am

### Weekend Schedule

* **Wake up**: 4am
* **Workout**: 4:30am to 6:30am
* **Family time**: 6:30am to 9am
* **Travel to TacWorks**: 9am to 9:10am
* **Training**: 9:10am to 3pm
* **Return home**: 3pm to 3:10pm
* **Family time**: 3:10pm to 6pm
* **Workout**: 6pm to 7:30pm
* **Family time**: 7:30pm to 10pm
* **Sleep**: 10pm to 4am

## Marks Family Income

### Maggie's Income

* **Law enforcement**: $117K (GS-13 Step 2)
* **Professional shooting**: $80,000
* **Influencer income**: $52,000
* **YouTube**: $8,000
* **Total**: $257K

### Lindsey's Income

* **YouTube**: $1.5M
* **Personal training**: $75,000
* **Influencer income**: $2,080M
* **Total**: $3.655M

## Gallery

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## See Also

* Maggie’s Circle: Maggie’s family, friends, colleagues, associates and everything in between
	+ Maggie’s Timeline
	+ Maggie’s Education
	+ Maggie’s Groups
	+ Maggie’s Nicknames
	+ Maggie’s Shoes
	+ Maggie’s Pay History
	+ Maggie’s Guns
	+ Maggie’s Sexual Abuse
	+ Maggie’s Filmography
	+ Maggie's Modern Life
	+ Maggie's Brutally Honest Reviews
	+ List of people associated with Maggie Marks
* The Marks Family: A page dedicated to members of Maggie’s family
	+ Marks Family Timeline
	+ Marks Family Alma Maters
* Callie’s JEM’s
* The Barnard Sisters