Margaret’s Timeline

## Margaret’s Circle

Margaret’s Circle

A timeline of important events in Margaret’s life.

## Timeline

### Early Life

* **February 19, 1996**: Margaret Elizabeth Marks is born in Pasadena, California to Jennifer and Richard Marks
* **May 11, 2000**: Margaret starts dance classes at the Pasadena Dance Theatre, she eventually gravitates towards ballet
* **January 17, 2007**: Margaret successfully auditions for the Junior Session at the prestigious School of American Ballet in New York City
* **June 25 to June 30, 2007**: Margaret attends the Junior Session at the School of American Ballet
* **January 19, 2008**: Margaret successfully auditions for the Summer Course at the School of American Ballet
* **June 30 to August 1, 2008**: Margaret attends the Summer Course at the School of American Ballet, she is invited to attend the Winter Term
* **August 31, 2008**: Margaret moves to New York City to live with Angela Hadid, her mom’s college friend. Angela begins sexually abusing Margaret almost immediately
* **September 1, 2008**: Margaret begins attending the Professional Children’s School, 7th grade
* **September 8, 2008**: Margaret begins attending the Winter Term at the School of American Ballet, on her first day she meets Lindsey Shaw
* **June 19, 2009**: Margaret successfully completes her first year at the School of American Ballet
* **September 7, 2009**: Margaret begins her second year at the School of American Ballet
* **October 21, 2009**: Margaret’s beloved grandmother, Louisa passes away in Pasadena, California
* **October 23 to October 26, 2009**: Margaret returns home to attend her grandmother’s funeral. While at home Margaret also manages to tell her mother that Angela is sexually abusing her but isn’t able to tell her, her mother believes Margaret’s withdrawn attitude is due to Louisa’s death
* **October 26, 2009**: Margaret returns to New York City, resumes training at the School of American Ballet and Angela resumes sexually abusing her
* **February 10, 2010**: Margaret and Lindsey share their first kiss
* **June 18, 2010**: Margaret successfully completes her second year at the School of American Ballet
* **September 6, 2010**: Margaret begins her third and final year at the School of American Ballet
* **October 13, 2010**: On the morning of Lindsey’s 16th birthday, Margaret manages to awkwardly ask Lindsey on a date which Lindsey ecstatically says yes to
* **June 17, 2011**: Margaret finishes her final year at the School of American Ballet

### Ballet Career

* **September 5, 2011**: Much to her amazement and shock, on the first day of what would be her fourth year at the School of American Ballet, Margaret is asked to join the New York City Ballet as an apprentice
* **October 3, 2011**: 15 year old Margaret becomes an apprentice at the New York City Ballet, becoming their second youngest apprentice ever. Margaret quickly realizes that while she’s physically ready, she’s not psychologically prepared for the life of a dancer. Margaret quickly becomes friends with fellow apprentice Miranda Snow
* **March 24, 2012**: A barely 16 year old Margaret is promoted to a member of the Corps de Ballet at the New York City Ballet. Despite her overwhelming beginnings with the company, Margaret pushes through her insecurities
* **June 22, 2012**: Lindsey graduates from the School of American Ballet and heads off to apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, Margaret and Lindsey share an emotional goodbye
* **July 26, 2012**: Margaret reaches her wits end with the sexual abuse she’s experienced from Angela and finally manages to confide in Lindsey during an emotional phone call. Despite begging Lindsey not to tell anyone, she contacts the police and a detective comes to Margaret’s workplace to interview her. Margaret finally finds her courage to report Angela. Angela Hadid is arrested that afternoon
* **July 27, 2012**: Margaret’s mother, Jennifer flies to New York City to be by Margaret’s side during her grueling and emotional interview about her years of abuse at the hands of Angela
* **July 30, 2012**: Angela Hadid is arraigned on charges of child sexual abuse in New York City. Despite the prosecution requesting bail be denied, Angela is released on bail with conditions she not attempt to contact Margaret or be around anyone under the age of 18 without strict supervision
* **May 24, 2013**: Despite her challenging work schedule and her highly emotional year, Margaret graduates a year early from the Professional Children’s School. After graduation, Margaret takes computer technology courses online via Fisher College
* **September 13, 2013**: Angela Hadid’s trial begins in New York City
* **September 27, 2013**: Angela’s trial concludes with a guilty verdict in New York City
* **November 12, 2013**: Margaret finally admits to herself that ballet isn’t for her and secretly applies to Barnard College
* **November 16, 2013**: Margaret and best friend Miranda Snow perform as Peter Pan and Timker Bell respectively in Elija Le’s adaptation of Peter Pan. Despite the ballet being panned, Margaret and Miranda’s performance is highly praised for their technical ability and mix of classical and modern dance. A significant controversy arises from the love story and kiss between Margaret and Miranda
* **November 28, 2013**: Angela Hadid’s sentencing hearing, she is subsequently sentenced to 10 years. Margaret and Jennifer are shocked by the leniency of the sentence. After an incredibly emotional day, including reading her victim impact statement, Margaret suffers a severe panic attack and is taken to hospital.
* **January 9, 2014**: Margaret is promoted to soloist, at the beginning of her journey this achievement was her life’s dream. However by this point Margaret realizes her heart isn’t in ballet anymore but can’t bring herself to say no to being a soloist
* **April 17, 2014**: To her amazement, Margaret receives an acceptance letter from Barnard College. Margaret shares the good news with her equally shocked mother
* **August 16, 2014**: An incredibly emotional Margaret completes her final performance, this one as the Dewdrop Fairy in The Nutcracker. Afterwards she shares an emotional post on Facebook explaining her decision and thanking everyone who supported her

### College

* **September 2, 2014**: Margaret begins her freshman year at Barnard College, despite worrying she made a mistake retiring from ballet, her fears are immediately alleviated on her first day. Margaret makes friends with her roommate Daisy Hicks, she soon joins a multicultural friendship group, The Barnard Sisters, consisting of Jill Zheng, Naomi Aragon, Ananya Prakash, and Kate Bailey
* **May 20, 2015**: Margaret completes her freshman year at Barnard
* **June to August, 2015**: Margaret works a summer job as a residential came counselor at Camp Beech Cliff in Mount Desert, Maine. Margaret is propositioned by an attractive, much older camp employee and has a one night stand with him
* **September 8, 2015**: Margaret begins her sophomore year at Barnard College
* **March 2016 to February 2017**: Margaret volunteers as a member of Lifeforce in Later Years (LiLY) teaching technology to senior citizens, as well as offering companionship
* **May 18, 2016**: Margaret completes her sophomore year at Barnard College
* **September 6, 2016**: Margaret begins her junior year at Barnard College
* **May 17, 2017**: Margaret completes her junior year at Barnard College
* **May to August 2017**: Margaret interns as an implementation coordinator at EdSights
* **September 5, 2017**: Margaret begins her senior year at Barnard College.
* **October 6, 2017**: The premier of The Journey, a post apocalyptic adventure film directed by Marianne Nichols. The Journey was financed and produced by Elija Le and starred Margaret and Miranda Snow as main characters Maya and Alison.
* **November 17, 2017**: Margaret hooks up with bartender Scott Cordero, the night culminating in the pair having very rough sex. Margaret leaves disappointed, Scott calls to apologize and the two hook up a few more times
* **May 16, 2018**: Margaret completes her senior undergraduate year at Barnard College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at Barnard's 126th Commencement with 619 students
* **June 1, 2017 to June 1, 2018**: Margaret completes a highly prestigious internship with Homeland Security Investigations at HSI New York

### Homeland Security Investigations

* **June 4 to August 20, 2018**: Margaret attends the Criminal Investigator Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
* **August 20 to November 27, 2018**: Margaret attends the HSI Special Agent Training at ICE Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers
* **November 27, 2018**: Margaret’s FLETC/ICE Academy graduation day, she becomes a HSI Special Agent at the GL-7 level
* **December 4, 2018**: Margaret begins her Homeland Security Investigations career at HSI Los Angeles, as a member of the Child Exploitation Investigations Group. Her training agent is Matthew Lambert
* **November 27, 2019**: Margaret completes her first year as a HSI Special Agent and is automatically promoted to GL-9
* **December 2, 2019**: Margaret successfully completes her probationary period with training agent Matthew Lambert
* **September 30, 2020**: Margaret begins her online classes towards her Master of Science degree in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington
* **November 27, 2020**: Margaret completes her second year as a HSI Special Agent and is automatically promoted to GS-11
* **June 2021**: Margaret’s highest profile case involving Monique Morrow, a Border Patrol agent who is sexually assaulted by a male supervisor
* **November 26, 2021**: Margaret completes her third year as a HSI Special Agent and is automatically promoted to GS-12
* **December 15, 2021**: Angela Hadid is released early from prison for good behavior and due to the ongoing pandemic. She is required to register as a level two sex offender for the rest of her life. Margaret’s new colleagues take her out for dinner to try taking her mind off Angela’s release
* **June 8, 2022**: Margaret graduates from the University of Washington with a master’s degree in Computational Linguistics
* **November 26, 2022**: Margaret completes her fourth year as a HSI Special Agent and is automatically promoted to GS-13, the highest journeyman non-supervisory rank

### Family

* **June 30, 2019**: Margaret and Lindsey are married in a civil ceremony in San Francisco
* **June 30, 2020**: Margaret and Lindsey celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
* **July 17, 2020**: Margaret gives birth to her son, Oliver Hudson Marks, known affectionately as Ollie. Oliver was born at 3:17pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2020, weighing 7 pounds and 8 ounces. He came 2 days after his due date, after an almost 9 hour labor.
* **June 30, 2021**: Margaret and Lindsey celebrate their second wedding anniversary.
* **April 26, 2022**: Margaret gives birth to her daughter Maude Elizabeth Marks. Maude was born at 8:09pm, weighing 7 pounds and 4 ounces. Maude was born 1 year, 9 months, and 9 days after her older brother Oliver, and Margaret was 26 years and 2 months old at the time.
* **June 30, 2022**: Margaret and Lindsey celebrate their third wedding anniversary.
* **June 30, 2023**: Margaret and Lindsey celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary.

## Individual Timelines

### 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
* **Degree Conferred**: Bachelor of Arts (05/16/2018)

### 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

### Angela Hadid’s Timeline

* **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