Who is Sonia Sotomayor?

She spent her life being told she wasn’t good enough — and used it to fuel her way to the court

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During a recruitment dinner held during Sonia Sotomayor’s third year of law school, a partner from a Washington-based firm asked her if she got into Yale because she was Puerto Rican. 

Sotomayor, who was applying for a job at the firm, was shocked by the question. Her resume, she felt, spoke for itself. Bu…