My Beloved World
By Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx projects, the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, an alcoholic father who died when Sonia was only nine and a workaholic mother who struggled to give her children a private school education. Both Sonia and her brother, a physician, certainly made the best of their opportunities, and Sonia is quick to acknowledge the many mentors and friends who helped her along the way, even acknowledging her own culpability when things when wrong, including in her marriage to a man she clearly loved and respected. This is an upbeat, positive lady - and a good role model!
Just finished this and agree with you. She is a great role model and it seems she wants to be in order to thank all those who helped her along the way. She also discusses affirmative action and the role it played in her life. There is little doubt that she could have been left behind without it, but there is no doubt that she has earned her stripes.
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