"Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the
Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female
justice."
"The first Hispanic and third woman
appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an
instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a
sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the
federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own
extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself."
In our group, feelings were very consistent: spectacular, uplifting, and we’re in
absolute awe of her. She’s funny and
crazy smart. The story of becoming a
judge is interesting, and so is her personal life and the decisions she made to
get to where she wanted to be by taking ownership of her destiny at age 5 when
she was diagnosed with diabetes. She had
a pivotal, stable relationship with her grandmother that was very important. Sonia doesn’t have a lot of cultural capital,
so she “fakes it until she makes it” by playing along until she has a chance to
research what she didn’t understand or know (slang, references to literature or
art, etc.)
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