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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