Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American public personality. She is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by then-President Barack Obama in 2009. She is the third woman in the history of the Supreme Court to hold this position.
However, she is the first woman of colour of the Superior Court.
Sonia Sotomayor Ethnicity
Sonia Sotomayor is Hispanic.
Sonia Sotomayor Age
Sonia Sotomayor is 67 years old.
Sonia Sotomayor Education
Sonia Sotomayor attended Cardinal Spellman High School. She went to college at Princeton University, then attended Yale Law School.
Sonia Sotomayor Political Party
Sonia Sotomayor is of neither the Republican Party nor the Conservative Party.
Sonia Sotomayor Liberal Or Conservative
Sonia Sotomayor has been considered as someone who is liberal.
Sonia Sotomayor Biography
Sonia Sotomayor grew up in the New York City borough of The Bronx. Her parents are Juan Sotomayor and Celina Báez.
Sotomayor was raised a Catholic. She is a fan of the New York Yankees.
Sonia Sotomayor’s father died when she was only nine. He was an alcoholic and her mom was emotionally distant.
Sonia Sotomayor Accomplishments
Sonia Sotomayor became the youngest judge in the Southern District. She was also the first Hispanic federal judge in New York State.
Sonia Sotomayor became the first Puerto Rican woman to serve as a judge in a U.S. federal court.
Sonia Sotomayor Facts
Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic, and first Latina member of the Court. She is the third woman to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor Young
Sonia Sotomayor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was seven. She had wanted to be a detective at a young age.
Her ambition to be a detective was inspired by the book-character Nancy Drew. This dream was cut short due to this diabetes diagnosis.
She was then inspired to be a judge when she was 10 by watching the Perry Mason TV series.