SAN DIEGO.— While the young woman’s father Patricia Guerrero, Don Jorge Guerrero, an immigrant from Sonora, worked in the 1980s in agriculture and ranching in the California border area, his daughter, then a teenager, was an employee of a grocery store in the Imperial Valley.
The magistrate’s mother worked as a nanny. She recently passed away after a long battle with breast cancer.
With what she saved from that job for about two years, upon finishing high school, Patricia Guerrero was able to pay for law school at the University of California at Berkeley, the most renowned public education campus in the American West.
The qualifications of the young lawyer allowed her to continue her studies at the Law School of the most prestigious private school in the region, Stanford, in Palo Alto, California.
But after that academic path, the lawyer returned to the border in search of those who, like her grandfather, also from Sonora, and her father, needed someone to guide them through the complicated US legal system, without costing them a fortune.
So she practiced as a pro bono immigration attorney, as part of the Immigration Justice Projecta non-profit organization in the 90s.
By excelling in his performance, the Justice Department appointed her assistant federal prosecutor in the Southern California court in San Diego.
Patricia Guerrero, 50 years old, she was first appointed as a judge in 2013, in the San Diego County Superior Court. She was in charge of the family court for four years, because in 2017 she was appointed judge of the California state court of appeals.
This week, that young woman who worked in the grocery store, the daughter of Mexican peasant immigrants, was ratified as the first Latina judge of the California Supreme Court.
When he was sworn in, the governor Gavin Newsom recognized his career.
That Judge Patricia Guerrero made it to the state’s highest court “is not only an incredible personal achievement, it is an inspiring example of California’s enduring promise that any dream is possible, no matter who you are or where you come from,” the governor said.
The judge was in front of her husband, Joe, and their teenage sons Anthony and Christopher, when the governor said that “Judge Guerrero’s brilliance, integrity, work ethic and invaluable knowledge will make an invaluable contribution to the court.” .
Newsom said he trusts “Judge Guerrero will continue her life’s work to defend our fundamental rights and freedoms and promote equal justice and opportunity for all Californians.”
by assuming, Patricia Guerrero He said, “This isn’t just about me, or even, it’s not just about my parents, but a lot of others who are just like us. This is a story of the American dream, the belief that with hard work, perseverance, and opportunity, anything is possible. And for that I am grateful,” she added.
Elizabeth Maciasa Latina judge on the Orange County Superior Court, said Judge Guerrero, because of her profile, is going to have a strong impact inside and outside of the superior court.
To be the first Latina on the California Supreme Court and make history, it is clear that one must have an exceptional life story, “he said.
She stressed that “Judge Patricia Guerrero is already inspiring young Latinas to set their sights higher and believe that they can be whatever they want to be.”
More voices recognize its origin and its trajectory.
This wrote the state of California:
During his professional years Guerrero “has assisted clients on a pro bono basis in immigration matters, including asylum applications and the protection of vulnerable families by litigating compliance with fair housing laws.”
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