Sonia Sotomayor, author portrait
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Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to ever hold such a high position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.  

Just Shine!
¡Solo brilla! Cómo ser la mejor versión de ti mismo (Just Shine! How to Be a Better You Spanish Edition)
¡Solo Ayuda!
Just Help!
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
Just Ask!
¡Solo pregunta!
Turning Pages
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Just Shine!
¡Solo brilla! Cómo ser la mejor versión de ti mismo (Just Shine! How to Be a Better You Spanish Edition)
¡Solo Ayuda!
Just Help!
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
Just Ask!
¡Solo pregunta!
Turning Pages
Pasando páginas

Events

Wed Sep 10 | 05:30 PM
Washington University Athletic Complex
330 Big Bend Boulevard
University City, MO 63130
Google Map

Thu Sep 11 | 06:00 PM
Calvary Presbyterian
2515 Filmore St
San Francisco, CA 94115
Google Map

Fri Sep 12 | 06:00 PM
THIRD PLACE COMMONS
17171 BOTHELL WAY NE STE A200
LAKE FOREST PARK, WA 98155-4232
Google Map

Sun Sep 14 | 02:00 PM
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018
Google Map

Tue Sep 16 | 06:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA FREE LIBRARY Montgomery Auditorium
1901 Vine St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Google Map

Wed Sep 17 | 05:30 PM
ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY
400 CATHEDRAL ST
BALTIMORE, MD 21201-4401
Google Map

Thu Sep 18
MLK Library
901 G. Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Google Map

Fri Sep 19 | 06:00 PM
University of Miami School of Law Shalala Student Center
1330 Miller Dr
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Google Map

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