1. By Ines Spencer

2.  Sonia was born on this day in the Bronx New York.  Her father was Juan Sotomayor and her mother was Celina Baez.  She was the daughter of a middle class man.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Soto- mayor

3. This is an image of Sonia and her family when at her house when she was little in the Bronx.

4.  During this year Sonia and her family had to make refuge in the Co-op city in the Northeast Bronx.  They had to move due to the increase in heroin use, crime, and the emergence of the Black Spades Gang.

5. This is an apartment in the Northeastern Bronx although this isn’t Sonia’s home, it might have been similar to this.

6.  This is the year when Sonia graduated as a valedictorian.  A valedictorian is a person who gives a final farewell address at a high school graduation.

7. This is a valedictorian (it’s obviously not Sonia) at a high school graduation.

8.  This is the month that Sonia graduated from Princeton and was awarded an A.B.  She described her time in Princeton as a life-changing experience.  An A.B. is known as a bachelor’s degree.

9. This is Sonia’s yearbook picture in her senior year at Princeton.

10.  It was on this day that just after graduating, Sonia married Kevin Edward Noonan.  She had dated Kevin since high school and they decided to get married in a small chapel at St. Patrick’s cathedral in New York.  She used the married name Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan.

11. This is St. Patrick’s Cathedral where Sonia and Kevin got married.

12.  It was during this time that Sonia decided to enter Yale Law School on a scholarship.  It was here that she became an editor for the Yale Law Journal and as managing editor of the Yale Studies in World Public Order.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_of fic/Background-on-Judge-Sonia- Sotomayor/

13. This is Yale Law School where Sonia went on to study the law.

14.  It was at this time that Sonia was recommended by Cabranes out of law school and under District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.  It was because of this that she became an assistant district attorney.

15. This is a picture of District Attorney Robert Morgenthau who Sonia was assigned to.

16.  During this year Sonia entered a private practice.  She was working as an international corporate litigator.  She was handling cases everything from intellectual property to banking, real estate and contract law.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com

17. This is an image of a contract law text book that gives information on contract laws.

18.  It was on this day that President Barack Obama nominated Sonia to the Supreme Court.  This made her the first Hispanic in history to wear the robes of Justice.

19. This image shows President Obama meeting Sonia prior to a meeting in the East Room.