Sotomayor Making Good on a Commitment to a Scrappy College With a Family Tie - By Lisa W. Foderaro (The New York Times)

When Sonia Sotomayor agreed to deliver last year’s commencement speech at Hostos Community College, the school was thrilled. Her mother, Celina, had graduated from the college’s nursing program in 1973, and Ms. Sotomayor was an exemplary role model, having traversed an invisible canyon — from a Bronx housing project to Princeton University to a prominent seat on the federal bench ... read more