Emert, Phyllis Raybin Sonia
Sotomayor
Cengage (Gale,Lucent,Kidhaven/Blackbirch 2011 112p 33.45 978-1-42-5-0489-7
ms/hs People
in the News (Gale/Lucent) VG-BN
A biography of Sonia Sotomayer. The road to success is
never easy and Judge Sotomayor is proof that if you strive
for success you will
reach your goal. Follows her road to success through all the
difficult stumbling
blocks in life. Sonia
Sotomayor came from humble beginnings.
Of Puerto Rican
descent, Sonia╒s family came to New York looking
for a better home life.
Diagnosed with childhood Diabetes at an early age, plus
losing her father
shortly after being diagnosed made life for the Sotomayor
family very difficult.
Her mother was left with two children and depending on the
extended family for
support as she worked to give her children a chance to
succeed.
Sotomayor graduated from Princeton University with academic
honors and won a
scholarship to Yale Law school. Sotomayor graduated from
Yale University and
worked her way through the system until she reached US
District Court. A woman
who knows no boundaries in reaching her goals, Sotomayor has
been recognized as
a role model for Latinas in the United States.
Proud of her Latina
heritage and even more proud of her success through very
hard work, Sotomayor has become an icon and symbol of
success now that she has
reached her pinnacle as a justice of the supreme court of
the United States.
Excellent resource for schools. Follows her road to success
through all the
difficult stumbling blocks in life.
Included: pictures, fact boxes, Important dates, Glossary,
Bibliography,
Internet sources and Index. Diaz,
Magna
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