By Matiara Huff
Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954 in the Bronx. Her come to New York from Puerto Rico. Her mother Celina Baez served in the Women’s Army Corps and worked as a telephone operator and later a practical nurse. Her father who only had a third grade education and didn’t speak English worked as a tool and die worker. Today she is the first and only Latina women in the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor did her undergrad at Princeton on a full ride scholarship, and went to grad school at Yale Law School also on a full scholarship. While there she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. While at both schools she advocated for the hiring of Latino faculty. Throughout her career, Sotomayor has made many notable rulings for cases dealing with racial discrimination, Lawsuits against Federal Contractors, Abortion, and many more. Her decision will forever impact this country, on many occasion she has proven that she doesn’t take that for granted.