Meet Sonia Sotomayor

The highest court in the United States is called The Supreme Court. It is comprised of nine justices who are responsible for deciding our nation’s most important cases. One of the judges who sits on the Supreme Court is Sonia Sotomayor. She is an Associate Justice.

Justice Sotomayor was born in the Bronx in New York City. Both of her parents were from Puerto Rico. She grew up in a poor family. Sotomayor had a large family and made many friends over the years. When she was a young child, her parents spoke only Spanish to her and her younger brother.