Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World
The Story of the First
Hispanic and Third
Female Supreme Court
Justice.

Early Life
Born June 25, 1954 in The Bronx, NYC, to Celina Bez and
Juan Sotomayor
One brother - Juan Sotomayor
Attended Blessed Sacrament from Kindergarten to eighth
grade
At age seven diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
Father died at age nine from heart complications linked to

Young Sonia

Schooling - High School and Above

High School - Cardinal Spellman High School
NYC

Princeton - (1972-1976)
On a full scholarship
Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Yale Law School - (1976-1979)

Scholarship

Accomplishments
1988-1992 Founding members of the New York City Campaign Finance Board
1980-1992 Board of directors of Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
1992-1998 After George W. Bush nomination Judge of the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York.
1998-2009 After Bill Clinton nomination Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit
2009-present After Barack Obama nomination Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court

As a Justice - Impact on Society

Being First Hispanic and Third Female
Justice proved race and gender do
not limit a persons capabilities
Role model for teens shows race and
gender do not decide if dreams can be
achieved
S.S. proves as long as you are willing to
work for goals, you can reach them

Supreme Court Justice

Nominated by President Barack Obama
August 8, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became a
Justice
111th Justice
First Hispanic
Third Female

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Interesting Beginning
From age ten, Sonia Sotomayor knew she wanted to be a lawyer
Fell in love with Nancy Drew book series
After reading N.D. series wanted to become detective

S.S. discovered had Type One Diabetes (age 7)

Due to diabetes told could not be detective

Inspiration to become lawyer came after told could not be

detective
Watched Perry Mason, TV show about a lawyer, and wanted to become
one herself

What Can we Learn?

Do not discriminate against people based on gender or race
Sonia Sotomayor Female Puerto Rican was discriminated against
People assumed she could not succeed as well as an American Male

As long as you try your hardest to reach your goals,despite your background, you
can reach them
Sonia Sotomayor ignored those that wanted drag her down and focused herself on her
goal of becoming a lawyer
She ended up becoming a lawyer and then eventually, a Supreme Court Justice

Photograph Citations
First Image - Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor. Digital image. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2015.
Second Image - Young Sonia
Sonia Sotomayor Young. Digital image. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web.
Third Image - Princeton
Princeton. Digital image. Forbes. N.p., n.d. Web.
Fourth Image - Yale
Yale. Digital image. Yale. Yale, n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2015.
Fifth Image - Supreme Court Seal
Supreme Court Seal. Digital image. Forbes. Forbes?, n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.
Sixth Image - Sonia Sworn In
Sonia Sotomayor Young. Digital image. NYTIMES. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.
Seventh Image - Nancy Drew
Nancy DREW. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.
Eighth Image - Perry Mason
Perry Mason. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2015.

Source Citations
My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor, Sonia. My Beloved World. New York: Knopf, 2013. Print.