Esq.
Dec. 1, 2013
Good Works: Passion Has Early Roots
Childhood memories of injustice paved the way for attorney Ana de Alba.
Ana de Alba, who grew up working on farms west of Fresno alongside her parents, starkly recalls the time her mother was stiffed out of pay for a whole summer's work. "She was crying in the bathroom, and she thought we didn't know," says attorney de Alba, a two-time UC Berkeley grad. "I remember her being so upset and me thinking, 'How unfair.' "
Her mother didn't learn she'd been overheard until two years ago, when de Alba was practicing her speech to accept the Open...
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