Araceli Martínez-Olguín is a Mexican American jurist who has been making a name for herself in the U.S. legal landscape. Born in 1977, she currently serves as a district judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Her academic career began with a degree in Public and International Relations from Princeton University, completed in 1999, and continued with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2004.

Since the beginning of her career, Martínez-Olguín has demonstrated strong engagement in social and legal causes focused on civil justice and immigrant rights. She began her work as a legal assistant in Texas and, over the years, has worked at institutions of great relevance, such as the U.S. Department of Education, the ACLU and organizations focused on legal assistance and the rights of workers and immigrants. Between 2018 and 2023, she held the position of supervising lawyer at the National Immigration Law Center, consolidating her work in the defense of the rights of the most vulnerable populations.

Her appointment to the federal judiciary was announced by President Joe Biden in July 2022, to fill the vacancy left by a judge who had assumed senior status. The Senate confirmation process went through several stages and close votes, reflecting the polarized political landscape, until its official confirmation in February 2023. With the effective inauguration in March of the same year, Martínez-Olguín became the second Latina woman to join this district court in California, an important milestone for representation in the federal judicial system.

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