Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist, currently serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx, New York City, she is the third woman, first woman of color, first Hispanic, and first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, she assumed office on August 8, 2009. Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 and received her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1979. Prior to her appointment, she worked as an assistant district attorney in New York and also served on several boards of directors, including the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.