Zapanta said those feelings are manifesting themselves in society. The climate is there s unrest and there is social injustice that exists, Zapanta said. There is systemic racism that exists. That is not a question, that s a reality.
Zapanta, who presides over dependency cases in juvenile court involving severely abused and neglected children, was orn in Hawaii. She moved to San Diego as a child and went to USD as an undergrad as well. I grew up here, and so I like to kind of say my stomping ground is what was formerly known as Southeast San Diego, so I m talking about the communities of Paradise Hills, Skyline Hills, National City, old Chula Vista, Zapanta said.
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