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criminal attorney defending cli
ents that had felonies in homi
cide, robbery, and drug offenses.
She then worked as the Assistant
Attorney General at the Oregon
Department of Justice in Salem
where she also worked on crimi
nal and civil appeals.
Before taking her seat on the
bench. You worked for the O r
egon Department of Justice in
Salem representing the state in
trial proceedings that involved
challenges to criminal convic
tions, many of which included
death penalty cases.
“There is no way that I can take
all the credit for where 1 am to
day," says You. “My family,
which migrated into the country,
worked very hard."
Growing up, she lived in an
extended family that included her
brother, mother, father, grand
mother and aunt.
“ My family worked hard to
get into the country and did not
take any o f it for granted," says
You. “ My m other worked to
become a Ms. Korea finalist just
so she could get an academic
sch o larsh ip into the U nited
S tates.”
You plans to use her time on
the bench to become as knowl
edgeable about the law as pos
sible, apply the law correctly,
become more enlightened on dif
ferent people’s situations, and
make the right decisions about
their cases. She wants be make
sure that all people are treated
equal ly and are heard in the court
room.
Her new job keeps her very
busy. Some days she can have
more than 200 pre-trial issues on
the docket and mountains of files.
“I plan to keep loving this job
and I want to share my story with
others, especially young girls from
diverse communities, to encour
age them to consider law as a
profession,” says You.
Documentary Spotlights Spanish Culture
Spain as never
before seen
The rise of the documentary over
the last decade has been an interna
tional phenomenon; now Portland
audiences can see the country of
Spain through the eyes of docu
mentary filmmakers in a series of
films called “Spanish Docs,” run
ning July 13 through Aug. 16 at the
Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell
Auditorium, 1219S.W. Park Ave.
A newgeneration of filmmakers is
using new digital technology and
low budgets to tackle issues, ideas
and portraits as never before. This
medium captures compelling sub
jects and diversified exhibition and
allows forexciting opportunities for
artists and audiences to connect.
In recent years Spain has seen
the emergence of a provocative
documentary film movement, with
first-time filmmakers taking their
place beside established masters
and producing works of universal
interest.
This sampling of recent Spanish
productions includes eight award
winning films - featured at the
Northwest Film Center - that tran
scend national interest, including
Fernando Trueba’s “The Miracle The Northwest Film Center presents “Spanish Docs, " a sampling o f recent Spanish award-winning
of Candeal," a celebration of the documentary films, July 13 through Aug. 16 at the Whitsell Auditorium in downtown Portland.
power of music as an agent of social
c h a n g e ; “ My G ra n d m o th e r’s tional Documentary Film Festival trait of the enigmatic Fidel Castro, and seniors. For a complete sched-
House," winner of the prestigious in Amsterdam; and Oliver Stone’s
Tickets are $7 for general admis- uleofthe series or for more informa-
Joris Ivens Award at the lnterna- fascinating "Comandante,” a por- sion and $6 for members, students tion, visitwww.nwfilm.org.
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Camp Fire Summer Program Benefits Latino Families
Focus on family,
community
Camp Fire USA, in partnership
with Hacienda Community Devel
opment Corporation, will be pro
viding a seven-week summer pro
gram for youth residing in three of
Programs serve youth for Kin
Hacienda’s low-income housing work with Hacienda and the fami
developments in northeast Port lies they serve, adding that the dergarten through fifth grade and
land. The summer program will uti partnership will support Hacienda’s will run through Aug. 8. Curriculum
lize our Community/Family Club mission to develop affordable sup will cover topics such as family,
model and is expected to serve more portive housing and build thriving community, creativity and the en
than 60 elementary age youth and resident communities for working vironment. The sites include Villas
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Camp Fire staff say they are egon promoting their healthy liv Killingsworth Ave., Los Jardines
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Telecom Exec Passes Gates as Richest Person
(AP) — Mexican telecom
tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has
overtaken M icrosoft founder
Bill Gates as the richest per
son on the planet, according to
the M exican financial website
SentidoC om un.
US-based Forbes magazine,
renow ned for its rankings of
the world's wealthiest individu
als, updated its listings in April
to rank Slim as the second Carlos Slim Helu
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