How Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Life Was Affected by Alcoholism

Season 2 Episode 217
Aired on 03/24/2013 | CC tv-pg

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was raised in a Bronx housing project by her mother, Celina, and her father, Juan. When she was 9 years old, her father, an alcoholic, died suddenly. Watch as Justice Sotomayor shares how her father's disease transformed her into a watchful child and how she used that trait to her advantage in adulthood. Plus, find out why Justice Sotomayor chose to write about her personal relationships.