Sonia Sotomayor

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Leadership Profile Sonia Sotomayor used her background to strengthen the person who she is and the position is in currently in today. Sonia Sotomayor is an exceptional leader with an empowering success story. Sotomayor grew up the housing projects and used what she had learned throughout high school to further her decisions upon the arrival and throughout college. Sotomayor excelled in her academics and throughout her career, in which helped her to acquire her current position as the first Latina Justice and third woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor uses her experiences from where she grew up and also her law background and experiences to make fair and tough decisions in the courtroom. Sotomayor is an autocratic leader. Since Sotomayor

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