Alma Sove

Alma Sove has spent most of her life in San Diego and knows the aches and pains of living in a once-sleepy beach town during its inevitable expansion.

She has lived everywhere from Encanto to Lakeside, from Clairemont and Mission Beach to Hillcrest and City Heights, ever since her family moved from Northern California during Jerry Brown’s early tenure as governor.

Alma grew up in a household of painters, poets, and activists, attributing a sense of social justice to her Mexican-American family roots. Alma is currently attending Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz (Go Slugs!).

Before attending law school, Alma sold books, good food, cheap fashion, luggage, fine pens, and every other flavor of retail merchandise, and then transitioned into the travel industry as a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. After earning her paralegal certificate from the University of San Diego, she worked for a short time as a legal assistant. She met her husband Christopher while studying at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

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