Lina Hidalgo: How a 32-Year-Old Colombian-American County Judge Became a Global Weather Vane for Climate, Culture, and Conspiracy
Harris County, Texas—population 4.7 million, slightly larger than Ireland and considerably more humid—has become an unlikely petri dish for the global experiment called “Can Young, Progressive Women Run Anything Larger Than a Start-up Without Setting It on Fire?” At the center of the dish sits Lina Hidalgo, age 32, Colombian-born, Stanford-educated, and the first Latina…