Birth date: June 25, 1954
Birth place: New York, New York
Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1976 – graduated summa cum laude; Yale University, J.D., 1979
Noteworthy Facts:
- First Hispanic US Supreme Court justice.
- Third female justice in US Supreme Court history.
- First Hispanic person to be appointed to the federal bench in New York.
- Was editor of the Yale Law Journal.
- Favorite color: Fire-Engine Red.
- Sotomayor had wanted to become a judge since she was in elementary school.
- Author of the children’s book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You.
Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School 