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.  

The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
Just Ask!
My Beloved World

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The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
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My Beloved World

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Wed Sep 10 | 05:30 PM
Washington University Athletic Complex
330 Big Bend Boulevard
University City, MO 63130
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Thu Sep 11 | 06:00 PM
Calvary Presbyterian
2515 Filmore St
San Francisco, CA 94115
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THIRD PLACE COMMONS
17171 BOTHELL WAY NE STE A200
LAKE FOREST PARK, WA 98155-4232
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New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018
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1901 Vine St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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