5/17/2023 0 Comments Associate justice william s dato![]() Twenty-five-year-old Sotomayor showed her grit by helping to put major criminals behind bars, including in the high-profile Tarzan murder case. and was hired right out of school by New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, where she spent five years working as an assistant district attorney. In 1979, Sotomayor graduated with her J.D. She gained attention through her writing on the topic of Puerto Rican statehood and by the time she was in her second year, she obtained a summer position at a New York law firm. Her advocacy for hiring a more diverse staff continued at Yale, as well as achieving positions such as editor of the Yale Law Journal and of another student-run publication. Sotomayor felt like she fit in more at Yale than she had at Princton, and her time there within the university, activism, and work ventures were the start of an amazing career. Before continuing her education at Yale Law School to pursue her J.D., she married her high school sweetheart, Kevin Noonan, and spent seven years together until their amicable divorce. After a hardworking and influential few years, she graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with her degree in history in 1976. As a result of Sotomayor’s involvement within the university and the organization, more Latinx staff was hired, and Puerto Rican history classes were implemented into the curriculum. She put in long hours studying and found purpose as a student activist, becoming co-chair of the Acción Puertorriquena organization, where she supported Puerto Rican students and advocated for a more diverse faculty at Princeton. Drawing inspiration from Nancy Drew books, Perry Mason television shows, and time she spent in student government in high school, Sotomayor knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a legal career.Īfter receiving a full scholarship to Princeton University, Sotomayor found her surroundings difficult to get used to at first because there weren’t many women, and even fewer Latinx students. She was raised Roman Catholic and attended Cardinal Spellman High School, where she graduated as valedictorian in 1972. Her family lived in the Bronxdale Houses, city-owned housing projects with a thriving community of racially and ethnically mixed working-class families. Sotomayor has one younger brother, Juan, and had a very close relationship with her grandmother. ![]() Her father was a tool worker before passing away when Sotomayor was nine, and her mother worked as a nurse. Both of her parents were born in Puerto Rico, moved to the United States, met after World War II, and married after Celina served in the Women’s Army Corps. Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York on June 25, 1954, to father, Juan Sotomayor and mother, Celina Baez. With her dedication to the judicial process and fighting spirit, Justice Sotomayor is an inspiration, especially for Americans who feel marginalized or underrepresented. As the first Latina and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made an impact in and out of the courtroom. ![]()
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