Justice Sotomayor: Urges Latinos to Pursue Dreams, Stay in School
Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, said on the weekend here that there’s no part of my heart that’s not from Puerto Rico and encouraged all Latinos to pursue their dreams.“If you don’t see the value of community it’s difficult for you to win,” said the magistrate during a colloquium with journalist Maria Hinojosa at the El Barrio Museum in Harlem, where she spoke about her autobiography “My Beloved World.”
Sotomayor, 58, made history in 2009 when she was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the first Latino justice on the high court, and on Sunday she made history again by administering the oath of office to the U.S. vice president, Joe Biden.
“It’s a book full of messages,” said Sotomayor, and one of them is “You can,” a message especially directed at