A practical nurse, Celina earned less than $5,000 a year for all of Sotomayor’s childhood. Adding to the challenges, Sonia was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at seven years old. But Sonia was ...
Related: Sonia Sotomayor on Wise Words That Helped When ... How to Build a Better World, which came out in 2022, drew from the justice's childhood memories of Báez's days as a nurse in the ...