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
Pasando páginas

Tue Feb 10 | 06:30 PM
Jo Long Theater for the Performing Arts at the Carver Community Center
226 N Hackberry St
San Antonio, TX 78202
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Wed Feb 11 | 06:00 PM
First Baptist Church of Austin
901 Trinity Street
Austin, TX 78701
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Fri Feb 13 | 06:00 PM
Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
526, 6 Av. Universidad STE 601
San Juan, PR 00925
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Books

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

Tue Feb 10 | 06:30 PM
Jo Long Theater for the Performing Arts at the Carver Community Center
226 N Hackberry St
San Antonio, TX 78202
Google Map

Wed Feb 11 | 06:00 PM
First Baptist Church of Austin
901 Trinity Street
Austin, TX 78701
Google Map

Fri Feb 13 | 06:00 PM
Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
526, 6 Av. Universidad STE 601
San Juan, PR 00925
Google Map

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