So I vented yesterday on the Attorneys of Color brown I think I should have come here directly...are you the only Latina attorney in your office? Its 2020 and I’ve still to this day am the only Latina Attorney or Latinx attorney at all in my office and have been at every office since I became a lawyer (2014). It’s so effing lonely...

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Oops meant “but” not Brown in my post. Pls excuse typos.

I've been a solo in a small firm I've built so can't comment but do see other larger firms here w few latinx.. likely bc there's just fewer Latinx in general.. we need to encourage our younger gen to pursue law or we'll continue being lonely in our profession. :/ hang in there and just be you.

Yessss this me right now. It feels lonely

Hello! I know you posted a while ago. But just wanted to check in. Hope you Re doing well.

I am currently the only Latina in my office, but hoping to find a larger community. That’s why I joined this bowl!

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