Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor is a hispanic member of the supreme court whose life was full of outstanding accomplishments, great adversity, and an unfaltering perseverance to fight the adversity. In the video, “bio.com.truestory.Sonia Sotomayor,” it states, “...Is only the third female justice to ever serve on the United States Supreme Court...The first hispanic ever appointed to the Supreme Court.” This shows that Sotomayor was able to accomplish what only two other women, ever, have been able to accomplish

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor was an inspiring autobiography. She showed talent, dependence, and strong will throughout her life and in how she dealt with others. She shows great leadership qualities that she seems to have been born with, a knack at providing authentic leadership, and she has inspired me in my life. Throughout the book she proved over and again that she has leadership qualities and abilities, even from a young age. She first proved this in the beginning of the book with how

Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954 , now in day she is 61 years old. She attended Yale Law School and graduated in the year 1980. She became one of the many U.S. Distract Court Judges in 1992. Then later on in her life (1998) she became a part of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. But , what Sonia is most known for is for being the first latinathat is in the Supreme Court Justice in the U.S. in the year 2009. The person who actually nominanted Sonia was President Barack Obama so that

Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, making history as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Early Life Sonia Sotomayor was born on the 25th of June, 1954 in the Bronx, New York in a public housing project. She is the daughter of Juan and Celina Sotomayor, who migrated from Puerto Rico to New York. When Sotomayor was Eight years old she was diagnosed with diabetes. A year later, at the age of 9, her father passed away. Sotomayor’s mother worked hard as a nurse

Sonia Sotomayor is a women full of many talents and accomplishments. In her book, My Beloved World, Sonia reveals many people, circumstances, hardships, and successfulness. Sonia has embraces many characteristics in which I can relate. Successfulness, determination, and the importance of learning are all crucial elements that make Sonia into the inspiring woman she is today. Relating to Sonia Sotomayor throughout her book allowed me to remain intrigued in the book and helped apply concepts to my

Can a disease prevent you from chasing your dream? For Sonia it did not. In fact, it was her motivation. Sonias disease is what pushed her for a better future. Sonia Sotomayor had a somewhat typical Puerto Rican childhood. She was born in New York to her parents Juan Luis Sotomayor and Celina Baez de Sotomayor. Her only sibling was her younger brother, Juan Luis Sotomayor Jr. who was born when she was three years old. She grew up reading Nancy Drew books and dreamed of being a police detective

President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court justice on May 26, 2009, making Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic female to be nominated for higher court. Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954. She is currently a federal judge on the U.S Courts of Appeals for a Second Circuit. If nominated she will be replacing the retiring Justice David Souter and she will also be the first Hispanic and the third female Justice. This will be a huge milestone for the Hispanic community. Looking

Sonia Sotomayor’s book is about her life and her climb from the streets of New York to the place that she is today. Her book explains the challenges that she faced growing up, losing her father at such a young age and working hard to accomplish the great achievements that she has accomplished today. She explains how her upbringing affected how she turned out in life. She explains what it takes for a woman of a Latino origin to sit on the bench, and she explains her reasoning. Sonia shows how she

My Beloved World is a memoir of the first Puerto Rican woman on the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor writes about her experiences from the age of 8 till current day. She goes into full detail of her family life, political, and cultural and how it shaped her future. Below you will learn about Sonia’s childhood and how it lead to her becoming on the Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor was born June 25, 1954. She grew up living in the South Bronx housing in the projects of New York. Her parents

Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 27, 1954 in The Bronx, New York. Her parents Juan Sotomayor and Celina Baez were both natives of Puerto Rico; they worked as a manual worker and a nurse respectively. She was raised in the Bronxdale Houses; a city owned housing projects. When Sonia was nine her father passed away, due to his early death her mother was forced to work extra days to get her children in a good school, which she did. Her mother's hard work payed off when she managed to send her children