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Justice Patricia Sepulveda was born and raised in Fresno, California. She went to the University of San Francisco and then transferred to UC Berkeley, where she got her degree in Psychology. She was inspired to go to law school by her classmate, Bert Levy, and attended Hastings College of the Law. After passing the bar exam, she got a job as an attorney at the Contra Costa District Attorney's office. She enjoyed the research and writing, and was encouraged to apply for a judgeship. She was appointed to the Superior Court and then to the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four, where she served from 1998 to 2012. During her time there, she wrote 125 published opinions and enjoyed criminal cases the most.