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First Hispanic in the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor is a Latina from Puerto-Rican origin
Nominated to replace retiring Justice David Souter
Sonia was raised in the NYC borough of The Bronx
Her father did not speak English
Sonia was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 8
The next year her father passed away
"I realized that the judge was the most important player in that room," Sonia said.
Sonia’s mother was a nurse that worked six days a week to send her two children to Catholic school
Sonia was intrigued by law since she was a child
Sonia decided that she wanted to be a judge after watching the TV show Perry Mason
Graduated from Princeton University and then Yale Law School.
Famous for ending the baseball strike in 1995
Proud of her heritage as a Latina woman
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