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She is born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.Juana and Celina are her parents and they are from Puerto Rico. Celina has a younger brother born in 1957.
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Sonia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age eight, and began taking daily insulin injections. Her father died of heart problems at age 42, when she was nine years old.
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Sonia entered Princeton University on a full scholarship, there were few women students and fewer Latinos. She was awarded an A.B. from Princeton, graduating summa cum laude.
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In the fall of 1976, Sonia entered Yale Law School, again on a scholarship.In 1979, she was awarded a J.D. from Yale Law School. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1980.
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Sotomayor spent about five years as a prosecutor.
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New York was officially in line to have the its first Hispanic woman as a Federal District Court judge.
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Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Committee.Sotomayor chided baseball owners, saying they had no right to unilaterally eliminate the 20-year-old system of free agents and salary arbitration while bargaining.
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Sotomayor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was vacated by J. Daniel Mahoney.
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With a complete Democratic support, and support from 25 Republican senators including Judiciary chair Orrin Hatch, Sonia was confirmed on October 2, 1998, by a 67–29 vote.
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President Obama nominated federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee began the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court.
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Sonia made history when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor was easily confirmed in a 68-31 vote.
