Audrey B. Collins, 63, the new chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles shares her unusual story.

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Collins was born in 1945 in Chester, Pa. Both her father and grandfather waited until later in life to have children, which accounts for her being only two generations removed from slavery. After being freed sometime around the 1860s, her grandfather worked his way through elementary school and high school. He then was ordained as a minister.

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