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Cecilia 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.
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