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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 24, 2010

Immigrants' Daughter Makes Good

Becoming an attorney has been a lifelong goal. Interestingly, my inspiration for this goal did not come from having parents that were attorneys nor having role model attorneys that I looked up to.


By Esmeralda Soria


Becoming an attorney has been a lifelong goal. Interestingly, my inspiration for this goal did not come from having parents that were attorneys nor having role model attorneys that I looked up to. In fact, my parents immigrated to this country from Mexico with very little education and were not well connected. They eventually settled in the Central Valley, where they worked tirelessly picking fruit to make ends meet. My interest in empowering c...

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