Esmeralda Soria
Soria was born and raised in Visalia, Tulare County, a county in Central California. She is a first generation American. Her parents came to the United States from Michoacán, Mexico. She grew up working on a farm with her parents. Soria’s parents valued education and giving back to their community. She became interested in politics and law at a young age. Soria went to University of California, Berkeley for her undergraduate degree. She studied Political Science and Chicano/a Studies. She later attended University of California, Davis for a Juris Doctor.  A Juris Doctor is a degree you need to be a lawyer. Soria was one of the sixty people accepted into Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Executive Leadership Program.