From the New York Daily News, The New Republic:

Sonia Sotomayor, a New York federal judge who is widely believed to be on the short list for a Supreme Court nomination, has said her childhood diagnosis of diabetes was instrumental in her decision to become a lawyer.

Speaking to the New York Daily News in 1998, Sotomayor said she first aspired to become a detective like the heroine of the Nancy Drew books. But then …

At age 8, she was diagnosed with diabetes and was told detective work wasn’t in the cards.

“I became very disappointed about not having a life plan,” she told The News. “At the time, ‘Perry Mason’ had become a very popular show, and I loved Perry Mason. If I couldn’t do detective work as a police officer, I could do it as a lawyer.”

(Photo from New York Daily News)

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