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When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.

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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
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