On Tuesday morning, President Barack Obama picked federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be his first Supreme Court Justice appointee, succeeding retiring Justice David Souter.
If confirmed, Sotomayor, 54, would become the first Latina/Latino in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court!!!!
A graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, a former prosecutor and private attorney, Sotomayor became a federal judge for the Southern District of New York in 1992. She grew up in the Bronx in a housing project after her parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico. She has dealt with diabetes since age 8 and lost her father at age 9, growing up under the care of her mother in humble surroundings.
Congratulations, Sonia!