Norma A. Sierra graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987. Prior to that, she attended the University of Texas-El Paso where she obtained a business degree. Before relocating to Boulder in 1993, Magistrate Sierra worked for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. and at the United States Department of Justice. She served as the domestic relations magistrate from March 2002-January 2011.  She was appointed County Court Judge effective January 2011.