- Her mom was a single parent
- She grew up with out her dad.
- She had diabetes
- Her mother worked two jobs just to support her and her brother


Sonia Sotomayor is a puertorican women who was born in the Bronx, NY. On june 25, 1954. Sotomayor's first learnings toward the justice system began after watching an episode of the television show Perry Mason. After her fathers death sonia's mother worked hard to support her children as a single parent. Now sotomayor is a grown women who was selected by the president of the united states, to be the first latina women to be in the supreme court.