Born 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on January 3, 2023, to a seat vacated by Jeffrey Steven White. Confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 2023, and received commission on March 3, 2023.

Education:
Princeton University, A.B., 1999
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2004

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. David Briones, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2004-2006
Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 2006-2010; fellow, 2006-2008; staff attorney, 2008-2010
Staff attorney, Legal Aid at Work, San Francisco, California, 2010-2013
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2012, 2013, 2016
Senior staff attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, California, 2013-2015
Contract attorney, University of California, Irvine, School of Law (based in Oakland, California), 2015
Contract attorney, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Pasadena, California (based in Oakland, California), 2015
Civil rights attorney, U.S. Department of Education, San Francisco, California, 2016-2017
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (based in San Francisco, California), 2017-2018; senior immigrants' rights attorney, 2017; managing attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, 2018
National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California (based in Oakland, California), 2018-2023; staff attorney, 2018-2020; supervising attorney, 2020-2023

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, August 1, 2022; no Senate vote

Miscellaneous Information:

On February 28, 2023, Vice President Kamala D. Harris voted yea to break a tie when the Senate voted 48-48 on confirmation of the nomination.