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Oct. 24, 2016

Sonia Cortés

Sonia Cortés grew up in public housing in Yolo County, where she has now become a judge.

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Sonia Cortés
Yolo County (Woodland)
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WOODLAND — As a child, Sonia Cortés lived for several years in public housing owned by the Yolo County housing agency in the small farming town of Winters. By her mid-30s, she was the agency's lawyer.

In between, she became the first member of her family to graduate from high school and college. Last year, she become the first Latina judge in Yolo... (continued)

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