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Judge Sonia Sotomayor describes her long journey from a housing project in an urban Puerto Rican neighborhood to the memorable day she was given a private tour of the White House, when she was a newly appointed federal judge.

An informative 2004 video from the Law School Admission Council, their Believe and Achieve: Latinos in the Law series. As with President Obama, Sotomayor champions education as the key to lifting her above her humble beginnings.