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Do you know who Sonia Sotomayor is?

Sonia Sotomayor is a U.S. supreme court justice. Did you know she is the first ever Hispanic to ever hold such an important job! Sonia was born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx New York. Sonia's parents were also Hispanic. Their names are Celina and Juan.Both Celina and Juan grew up in Puerto Rico. They met after moving to New York City. Many family members moved to New York city too. Sonia was very close to her grandmother, cousins, aunts, and uncles. (Shores Erica.L.)

Sonia's life changed a lot after her father died in 1963. Sonia's father died of heart problems at the age of 42 when Sonia was just 9 years old. After this Sonia became fluent in English. Celina worked hard to pay off for private ( Shores Erica.L.)

Sonia has said that she was first inspired by the strong-willed Nancy Drew book character, and then At age 7 Sonia found out she had type one Diabetes because she had to much sugar in her blood. Sonia had to take medicine to control it she even learned how to give herself the shots. After her diabetes diagnosis led doctors to suggest a different career from a detective, she was inspired to go into a legal career and became a judge by watching the Perry Mason television series. She reflected in 1998 (Shores Erica.L.)

After high school, Sonia went to Princeton university. It was a big step. Sonia is the first in her family to go to such a highly respected school. Sonia was a top student at Princeton. Sonia went to Yale law school in 1979 Sonia became a lawyer for the state of New York she worked really hard. Many people respected her. In 1992 she was chosen to be a judge. As a judge, she was tough but fair. In 2009 President Barack Obama named Sonia to the supreme court. She became only the third woman to serve on the court. Her nomination was confirmed by the senate in August 2009 by a vote of 68-31. On August 14, 1976, just after graduating from Princeton, Sotomayor married Kevin Edward Noonan, whom she had dated since high school. In a small chapel at st.Patrick's Cathedral in New York. She used the name Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan. (Sonia Biagrophy)

Sotomayor generally kept a low public profile as a district court judge. She showed a willingness to take anti-government positions in a number of cases, and during her first year in the seat, she received high ratings from liberal public-interest groups. Other sources and organizations regarded her as a centrist during this period. In criminal cases, she gained a reputation for tough sentencing and was not viewed as a pro-defense judge. A Syracuse University study found that in such cases, Sotomayor generally handed out longer sentences than her colleagues, especially when a White-collar crime was involved. Fellow district judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was an influence on Sotomayor in adopting a narrow, 'just the facts' approach to judicial decision-making. As a trial judge, she earned a reputation for being well-prepared in advance of a case and moving cases along a tight schedule. Lawyers before her court viewed her as a plain-spoken, intelligent, demanding, and sometimes somewhat unforgiving; one said, 'she does not have much patience for people trying to snow her. You can do it'. (Sonia Wiki)

Sonia wrote My Beloved World in 2013. She tells of her life and the challenges she faced. Sonia is a huge leader to kids and to adults. Sonia is respected a lot everyone loves Sonia. Sonia is such an inspiration to her family and friends.Over her ten years on the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote 380 opinions where she was in the majority. The supreme court reviewed five of those, reversing three and affirming two- not high numbers for an appellate judge of that many years and a typical percentage of reversals. Across some 150 cases involving business. Sotomayor's influence in the federal judiciary, as measured by the number of citations of her rulings by other judges and in law review articles, increased significantly during the length of her appellate judgeship and was greater than that of some other prominent federal appeals court judges. (Sonia Wiki)

Soto mayor was an adjunct professor at New York University School Of Law from 1998 to 2007. There she taught trial and appellate advocacy as well as a federal appellate court seminar. Beginning in 1999, she was also a lecturer in law at Columbia Law school in a playing, adjunct faculty position. While there she created and co-taught a class called the federal Appellate Externship each semester from 2000 until her departure; it combined classroom, moot court, and second Circuit chambers work. She became a member of the Board of trustees of PrincetonUniversity in 2006, concluding her term in 2011. In 2008, Sotomayor became a member of the Belizean Grove, an invitation-only woman's group modeled after the men's Bohemian Grove. On June 19, 2009, Sotomayor resigned from the Belizean Grove after republic politicians voiced concerns over the group's membership policy. (Sonia Wiki)

And that concludes Sonia's life.

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