Sotomayor was born in the Bronx borough of New York City on June 25, 1954. Her parents were both born and raised in Puerto Rico. Sotomayor’s father was a manual laborer and her mother was a nurse. Spanish was Sotomayor’s first language and the language spoken at home by her family.
As an adult, she became adept at “translating the mysteries of other people's minds” and “open[ing] [her friends'] eyes to what the worlds looked like to their husband, their boss, or their mother.”
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Sotomayor has also joined the liberal majority on recent landmark cases. She ruled in the majority which upheld the Affordable Care Act twice, and in Obergefell v. Hodges, to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
During her Supreme Court tenure, Sotomayor has been identified with concern for the rights of defendants and criminal justice reform, and is known for her impassioned dissents on issues of race, ethnic, and gender identity