Ana is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney. She holds a J.D. from South Texas College of Law and a Masters of Law (LLM) from the University of Houston Law Center. She also graduated law school in Colombia from Universidad de los Andes, one of the top law schools in the country, and became fully licensed to practice in her home country in 2004. In her last year of law school in Bogota, she served as an appointed criminal defense attorney for indigent clients, handling cases at the trial and appellate level.

After obtaining her J.D. and becoming a licensed attorney to practice law in Texas, she spent a year as a Law Clerk for the Texas Supreme Court. In this role, she had the opportunity to hear live arguments and attend conferences where Supreme Court Justices discussed the cases before the Court. This unique experience helped shape Ana’s legal reasoning.

Ana served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office where she litigated misdemeanor and felony cases for five years. She was a founding member of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Section prosecuting exploiters and better identifying victims of human trafficking. Ana later worked as one of few bilingual appointed attorneys in Harris County misdemeanor and felony criminal courts representing those who could not afford a lawyer for about four years.

As the presiding Judge for the 179th District Court, she has presided over numerous jury trials, pre-sentencing investigation hearings, bond hearings, motion to adjudicate hearings, and evidentiary hearings related to the most serious charges, including murder charges and sexual offenses against children.

Ana and her family have called Houston home for the past eighteen years.


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