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June 25 – Happy Birthday, Sonia Sotomayor

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Michael Knox
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nThe first Hispanic and Latina justice on the U.S. Supreme Court!

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nBorn in The Bronx in New York City on this date in 1954…

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nBoth of her parents born in Puerto Rico…

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nHer dad having only a third-grade education, not speaking any English, and dying when Sonia Sotomayor was just 9 years old…

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n…You might not have guessed that Sotomayor would achieve great things!

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nShe was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age seven. She was inspired by fictional girl-detective Nancy Drew, but her doctors suggested that she would need a different career than “detective.” Drawing on inspiration from fictional lawyer Perry Mason, Sotomayor decided at age 10 that she would herself be a lawyer when she grew up.

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nA single mom, after her husband died, Sonia Sotomayor’s mother became a practical nurse and encouraged her children to take advantage of schooling to gain an education. That encouragement apparently worked: not only did Sonia graduate from Princeton (B.A., summa cum laude) and Yale (J.D., editor of the Yale Law Journal) and go on to become an assistant district attorney, a lawyer in private practice, a judge and then of course a justice on SCOTUS – not only did she succeed hugely in life, but her younger brother Juan became a doctor and a university professor!

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nIt’s not just all of that traditional success that makes Sonia Sotomayor amazing, it’s her passion for human rights, for reform of the criminal justice system, for equality under the law!

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nAuthor / illustrator Eric Carle’s birthday 

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nIndependence Day in Mozambique

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nAnniversary of the capture of a “new” species

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nCroatia’s Statehood Day

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nArchitect Antoni Gaudi’s birthday
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nVirginia’s Statehood Anniversary

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nLeon Day

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nDay of the Seafarer

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nDragon Boat Festival 

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nNational Bomb Pop Day
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