by Julie Preciado1Willamette University College of Law J.D., 2020, and incoming associate at Barran Liebman, LLP in Portland, Oregon. The idea for this paper came from my many years serving the LEP community in Oregon as a language interpreter and case manager before entering the legal profession. I presented this paper at the 2019 Biennial LatCrit Conference as a LatCrit Student Scholar. I would like to thank Professor Gil Carrasco for encouraging me to publish this paper, Professor Steven Bender for his insight on finalizing drafts, and my daughter for her patience and support.
