From lawyer to Latin Grammy winner, Mexican singer and songwriter Paloma Morphy shares what it feels like to be the “new girl in class,” and how her law studies inspired her new single “La Mexicana.”

Paloma Morphy: I studied law and left my job as a criminal defense attorney to give music a chance, which had always been my childhood dream. This was a big step for me, and I felt like the new girl in class, stepping into a world I’d only watched from afar.

Seeing all these artists in real life, after years of seeing them on a screen, was shocking, surreal and exciting. It filled me with mixed emotions, happiness, nervousness, excitement and, of course, a bit of impostor syndrome. I often found myself asking, “What am I doing here?” But deep down, I knew it was a dream come true.

When I le

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