The Latino Majority

Camille Vasquez on Her "Earned Luck" in Law


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Camille Vasquez didn't anticipate her fame.

Raised by a Cuban mother and Colombian father who met while learning to speak English at a school in Los Angeles, Camille and her sister were given a simple directive early on: focus on your education. And so they did.

According to Vasquez, that resulted in one of two options: doctor or lawyer. She chose the latter—her sister the former—and started down a path that led her to representing Johnny Depp in a highly publicized defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

It wasn't a predictable route, but her parents had set her on a course to becoming a prominent—and now internationally recognized—Latina lawyer.

Vasquez doesn't take her newfound celebrity lightly. Her "earned luck," as she describes it, means she not only gets to play a role model for young Latinas entering law but also gets to honor her parents' sacrifices.

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