Riverside County (Murrieta)
By Katie Lucia
Daily Journal Staff Writer
MURRIETA - When Raquel Marquez donned her black robe for the first time upon her appointment to the Riverside County Superior Court in 2011, she paused to take in the fact that she was the first Latina judge in the Inland Empire.
The jurist, who said she's one of about a million Latinas in the region encompassing Riverside and San Bernardino counties, came from humble beginnings. But she eventually attained h... (continued)