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Sonia maria sotomayor won the pyne prize, the highest honor awarded to a princeton undergraduate. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes greatthe. She was raised in a housing project for lowincome families. It sold 38,000 hardback copies in its first week, per nielsen bookscan, putting it on track to become one of the topselling books by a supreme court justice. Sonia in her blessed sacrament parish elementary school uniform. Sonia maria sotomayor rose from the projects the seattle. Sonia maria sotomayor is an american lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. Supreme court justice sonia sotomayor joins today to talk about her latest book, turning pages, which she hopes will inspire young ones to follow their own dreams.
Sonia sotomayor, raised in poverty, was nominated on may 26, 2009, for the united states supreme court by president barack obama. Justice sotomayor recounts her life story, how from the age of 10 she knew she wanted to be a lawyer and eventually a federal judge in order to help people. Supreme court justice sonia sotomayors autobiography, my. In 2009, she was confirmed as the first latina supreme court justice in u. Sonia sotomayor biography facts, childhood, family life. Life story fuels justice sotomayors passion for education. Sonia sotomayor, associate justice, was born in bronx, new york, on june 25, 1954. The senate was composed of 58 democrats, 2 independents who caucused with the democrats, and 40 republicans at the time. June 25, 1954 is a united states supreme court justice. She has been on the court since 2009, and was on a lower court before that. After contentious confirmation hearings, sonia sotomayor became the first hispanic justice and third woman to serve on the u. She was the first hispanic and the third woman to serve on the supreme court. She was appointed by president barack obama in may 2009 and confirmed that in august.
In my beloved world, sonia sotomayor unveils the upbringing and early career that catapulted her. Sonia maria sotomayor is an american judge currently serving as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. The author shines in her passages on childhood, family, and selfdiscovery. Necessary reading booklist from a new york times bestselling biographer. She was the first hispanic and latina justice sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york city, to puerto. Sotomayor, the first latina and the third woman to be.
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