Pride of New York: Sonia Sotomayor in Photos

If approved by the U.S. Senate, Sonia Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic and the third woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor currently sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York.

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Pride of New York: Sonia Sotomayor in Photos

Take a peek at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor from her youth on the streets in the Bronx to her ascendance to the highest court in the land. If approved by the U.S. Senate, Sonia Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic and the third woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor currently sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York. Sotomayor is seen with her mother Celina Sotomayor and father in this undated family photograph. People walk in front of the Bronxdale Houses public housing projects where Sotomayor grew up. Sotomayor is seen in an undated family photo. Sotomayor is seen with her sister Miriam and cousins in this undated family photograph. Sotomayor is seen at the age of six or seven years old. Judge Sotomayor is seen in a cap and gown for her eighth grade graduation. This 1976 photo, supplied by Princeton University, shows Princeton University senior Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor poses with nephews Conner and Corey Sotomayor at Yankee Stadium in this undated family photograph. Sotomayor poses with her niece Kylie Sotomayor in upstate New York in this undated family photograph. Sotomayor poses with her godson Thomas "Tommy" Butler at the United States Court of Appeals signing ceremony in 1998. Sotomayor visits students at her alma mater, Cardinal Spellman High School, in the Bronx. Sotomayor poses with her mother Celina Sotomayor in this undated photograph. In this Nov. 6, 1998 file photo, Peter White helps newly-inducted Judge Sonia Sotomayor put on her robe shortly after she took the oath of office as a Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals at the U.S. Courthouse in New York. People walk in front of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse where the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit resides. Sotomayor delivers the commencement address to the Brooklyn Law School Class of 2001. Sotomayor poses for a photograph in 2009. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Sotomayor of New York speaks with President a (R) in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden greet the family members of Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) announces federal Judge Sotomayor (R) is his choice to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

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