Before we get started, know that Judge Salas talks in detail about the violence that was inflicted upon her family.

Listen only if and when you are ready.

Judge Esther Salas has thought about justice her entire life.

As a kid, translating for her mom at the welfare office, on the bench, as the first Latina to serve as a United States magistrate judge and as a U.S. District Judge in the District of New Jersey.

And in the aftermath of July 19, 2020, when her family was targeted in a violent attack by a

self-described anti-feminist, her husband Mark was injured in the attack, and her son Daniel,

their only child, 20 at the time, was killed.

Judge Salas tells me how she summoned the strength to get through that day and the days that

have followed, the work she is doing to protect other federal judges and their families,

and the love and joy that is Daniel's legacy.

First, how are you?

Thanks, be to God.

I am great, and my husband's doing fantastic, so we're blessed.

And it has been a long road to get to that point. We're going to talk about that long road. We're going to talk about what has happened in the past year and a half.

But I want to start with everything that came before that. You and I, both Union City Girls.

Yes, in the house. Best in the world. In fact, you grew up 15th in Bergelina.

I grew up 15th between Bergelina and West, so literally like right there. Tell me about those

early days growing up in Union City. So my mom and dad were together. They met. It was one of those

world win romances. My dad's Mexican.

My mom's Cuban. And she fell in love with the imprints charming. And as sadly, things happen,

their relationship took an untenable turn based on their own upbringings. My dad had a very strict way of living and

expected perfection from mom and from his children. And eventually that ended up in a very

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