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Sonia Sotomayor
Memoir & Personal Growth
Sonia Sotomayor is an American lawyer and Supreme Court justice whose memoir recounts her Bronx childhood, education, and path into law.
Biography
Sonia Sotomayor is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009 after nomination by President Barack Obama. Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican-born parents, she was raised by her mother after her father died when she was nine. She graduated with high honors from Princeton University in 1976 and earned her law degree from Yale Law School in 1979, where she edited the Yale Law Journal.
Sotomayor worked as an assistant district attorney in New York before entering private practice in 1984. She was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1992 and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1998. She has also taught at New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Her memoir, My Beloved World, describes her upbringing and the experiences that shaped her legal career.
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Books by Sonia Sotomayor
My beloved world
My Beloved World recounts Sotomayor’s life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, including her childhood diabetes diagnosis, education, and legal work. The memoir also explores her relationships with family, friends, and mentors, as well as her failed marriage.