Cecilia Altonaga
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Cecilia Marie Altonaga (born 2nd January 1962, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a federal judge in the United States. She was nominated for the position in the Southern District of Florida by George W. Bush on January 15 2003.
Altonaga is an alumna of Florida International University. She graduated from the Yale Law School and was appointed a County Court Judge in Florida by Governor Lawton Chiles before ascending to the Federal bench. She has been a strong supporter of the recently created FIU College of Law, having served as the keynote speaker in the 2004 Convocation, judged several moot court competitions, and employed FIU law students as summer interns.
External Link
Florida International University Magazine article on Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga (http://news.fiu.edu/fiumag/spring2002/15.htm)