Book Review: My beloved world by Sonia Sotomayor ISBN 0307594882

Being a minority in the States, I am always interested in success story of minorities. Sonia Sotomayor was born in a Puerto Rican immigrant family from New York city public housing, went to a Catholic middle school and high school, got into Princeton University under Affirmative Action, went on graduating from Yale Law School and became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is a story of talent, well thought out plan and perseverance. I didn't finish the whole book, only reading her high school years and college years. Several things jumped out from the book:

• She is extremely talented. She got into Princeton under AA, but she graduated summa cum laude and awarded Moses Taylor Pyne Honor prize, the highest honor awarded to undergraduate. Undoubtedly she has a very high IQ.
• Although she came from a unprivileged upbringing and she experienced first hand such deficiency costed her, there was not a single trace of bitterness in the book. She definitely has a very high EQ too. This is a stark contrast to another book I read and reviewed on this blog Paper Daughter.
• She stays the course throughout her college and law school and didn't detour much. A supereme court justice is highest point of a law career and she made it to there in a very straight line.