Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic nominee for the Justice Court. I think she is a great person and I’d like to be like her one day. Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25th, 1954 in The Bronx, New York. Her father died when she was 9, he was also an alcoholic. Her spouse was Kevin Noonan From 1976-1983. She received honorary law degrees from Lebman College. She took a high school entrance exam and got accepted into college. She worked hard in school. She got into a high educated school, which was Yale Law School.She was nominated by Barack Obama on May 26th, 2009. She was the third female Justice in U.S. Supreme Court history. She worked hard and put forth effort, she had a goal and she didn’t give up. She made