The Hon. Judith A. Baca is a judge for the Doña Ana County Probate Court in New Mexico. She was elected to the bench in 2022.
Prior to her election, Baca was a program coordinator and crime victim advocate for the Las Cruces Police Department, a position to which she was named in 2008. Before that, she spent time as an administrative assistant for the Children’s Division of the 3rd Judicial District Court of New Mexico (1979 to 2007).
Baca earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from New Mexico State University in 2010.
Born and raised in Las Cruces, Baca attended Las Cruces High School.
She is registered as a Democrat.