Georgia Pestana is the first woman and first Latina to be nominated to head the city Law Department but those aren’t the only firsts—if confirmed by the City Council, she will also be the first Corporation Counsel to come from within the Law Department, where she has worked for 33 years.
“It’s hard to say what’s the biggest deal—is it that I’m a Latina, that I’m a woman, or that I’m homegrown?” she asked. “I say it’s all three.”
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