Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, from right, stands with her stepfather, Omar Lopez, and her mother Celina Sotomayor, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on Sept. 8, 2009.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in to the Supreme Court on August 8, 2009, by Chief Justice John Roberts as her mother Celina holds the Bible and her brother Juan Luis looks on.

Sonia Sotomayor's mother - who singlehandedly raised her two housing project kids to become a doctor and a judge - basked in an afterglow of pride a day after her daughter's historic nomination to ...

Sonia Sotomayor's New Book Inspired by Her Late Mother: 'She Danced 'Til the Last Days of Her Life' The Supreme Court justice previews her latest children's book, Just Help!

First she thanked the President. But the most memorable, poignant scene came later, when Sonia Sotomayor paid loving tribute to the elderly woman in the front row, quietly dabbing a tissue at her ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is releasing an all-new children's picture book — and PEOPLE has all the details about her latest, empowering story, which is inspired by her late mother ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As a Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor has a lot going for her: a stellar ...

Sonia Sotomayor on Wise Words That Helped When 'People Said I Wasn't Smart Enough' for Supreme Court. ... It turns out that Souter and Sotomayor's mother, who died of cancer in July 2021, ...

Celina Baez Sotomayor, the mother of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, died on Sunday at 94 of complications from cancer, according to a family friend.