Sonia Sotomayor Research Paper

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Sonia Sotomayor, a Hispanic woman, born June 25, 1953 in New York, Bronx. Her family consisted of her little brother, her mother, Celina, and Sotomayor's father. Unfortunately, the father died at a young age due to a heart attack. Celina is a full time nurse. New York was an expensive place, only having one stable job as a nurse made Sotomayor struggle with living and food. The Sotomayors enrolled into a Housing Project, where the rent was cheaper, This is where Sotomayor was raised for most of her life. Celina worked most hours to get better pay, because of this Sotomayor became independent and took care of her little brother, but at the age of 7 Sotomayor was diagnosed with diabetes. She taught herself how to take care of herself with diabetes, …show more content…
Shortly after high school, Sotomayor went to Yale University and got her law degree. Her first job was a D.A. Assistant in New York, and she worked there for 4 years until she pursued Private Practice in New York in 1984 (***). 11 years later, she grew in popularity after helping end the baseball strike of 1995. Sotomayor restored the terms of the previous labor agreements on opening day. Because of her help and success in the strike, she grew a lot of fans, one of them being Barack Obama. Obama saw Sotomayor as an “inspiring young woman who worked hard, and endured every level of the justice system.” Still pursuing her job in Private Practice, Barack Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, which became her well-known job in 2009. Sotomayor became the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court. Her cases inspired many, in the view of her impassioned actions and voicing of the issue of race in the legal system. As a result, Sotomayor wrote books for kids on voicing their opinions and worries. Sotomayor soon became very successful achieving many accomplishments, winning 2 awards, Outstanding Latino Professional and Family book for young
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