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JOY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND WITH RASHEL AND PAULINA AND A GUEST WHO FILLS US WITH PRIDE, EXCLUSIVELY, SO LET'S GO SEE. THANK YOU JANICE, VERY WELL SAID, ONE OF THE HISPANIC PRIDES AND AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW IS JUDGE SOTOMAYOR, THE FIRST HISPANIC MAGISTRATE WHO MADE HISTORY BY BEING APPOINTED. HOW MUCH JOY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, RASHEL. TODAY SHE IS ACCOMPANYING US LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM JUSTICE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. WELCOME. WE'RE STARTING. THANK YOU BOTH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU. WE AGREE WITH THE INTRODUCTION, WE WERE SAYING THAT NEW YORK IS THE CITY WHERE SHE WAS BORN, BUT WHAT MEMORIES DOES SHE HAVE OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BRONX? IT IS THE HOME OF MY HEART, ALWAYS. REMEMBER THAT I GREW UP QUITE POOR IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE BRONX. NOW THEY ARE CALLED (ENGLISH NAME), BUT FOR ME IT WAS A PLACE THAT WAS NEW. WHEN WE MOVED, WE HAD ONLY BEEN THERE A SHORT TIME. I REMEMBER HOW CLEAN IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD COME FROM A PLACE THAT WAS NOT SO CLEAN, AND IT WAS ALSO A PLACE THAT FELT SAFER THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I HAD LEFT. OVER TIME, THINGS GOT A LITTLE WORSE. I AM VERY SORRY THAT DRUGS ENTERED THE PROJECTS LIKE MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE BRONX, BUT THE BRONX IS STILL A PLACE I RETURN TO ALMOST EVERY YEAR. I HAVE FAMILY THERE, I HAVE MANY ACTIVITIES I DO. THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I AM INVOLVED WITH NOW. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PUERTO RICO. HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS NOW, SONIA. SHE MENTIONED HER LIFE AND HAS JUST PUBLISHED 2 NEW BOOKS. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK ARE OUR CHILDREN. FOR ME, MY STORY GIVES INSPIRATION TO CHILDREN, AND I THOUGHT THAT IF I WANTED TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN, I HAD TO WRITE BOOKS THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND. SO, "TURNING PAGES" IS MY LIFE. TEACHING CHILDREN IN PICTURES. THIS, MY FAVORITE PAGE, IS THE DAY I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I WAS SICK. AND THEY FOUND I HAD DIABETES. SO, I WENT TO THE LAB WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE MY BLOOD, AND THE NEEDLE LOOKED SO BIG, AND THE MAN WHO WAS TAKING MY BLOOD SAID, "IT'S GOING TO HURT A LITTLE, NOT MUCH, A LITTLE." AND I SAW THE NEEDLE COMING TOWARDS MY HAND AND MY SHOULDER, AND I SAW IT AND SCREAMED, "NO!" I GOT OUT OF THE CHAIR, I LEFT THE HOSPITAL, I WENT OUTSIDE, AND UNDER A CAR. SIX PEOPLE. MARGINALIZATION TOWARDS HISPANICS HAS ALWAYS EXISTED. DID YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH SOME MARGINALIZATION, EITHER IN YOUR LIFE, AT SCHOOL, IN YOUR CHILDHOOD OR ADOLESCENCE, OR IN YOUR YOUNG ADULT YEARS? ALMOST EVERYTHING. LOOK AT ME HERE. WHEN I FOUND THE LIBRARY, I USED BOOKS TO GO TO STRANGE COUNTRIES THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD VISIT. THINKING. THE FIRST BOOK I READ. READING IS FUNDAMENTAL BECAUSE IT TAKES US TO ANOTHER WORLD. ALL PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTIES, BE IT POVERTY, OR COMING TO A COUNTRY WHERE THEY SPEAK SPANISH BEFORE SPEAKING ENGLISH. SOME, SADNESS. IT MAY BE THAT A PARENT WAS LOST, AS MINE WAS. TO ACHIEVE WHAT ONE WANTS IN THEIR DREAMS. FOR ME, MY STORY, WHAT MATTERS IS THE PATH, THE ONLY AXIS. SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE, TODAY, IN 2018, IS THE AMERICAN UNION THE COUNTRY YOU DREAMED OF 10 YEARS AGO? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE IS THAT THESE CHANGES TAKE COURAGE. TO TRY TO CONVINCE OTHERS OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. FOR ME, I NEVER LOSE HOPE. BUT I KNOW THAT IN THESE TIMES, WE ARE IN A WORLD WHERE WE NEED TO WORK VERY HARD TO SECURE OUR RIGHTS AND TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUR COMMUNITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORLD. IN WHAT WAY DO YOU THINK JUDGE KAVANAUGH'S APPOINTMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY WE ALL SEEK? LET'S SEE. NO. NO, I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW, EVERY PERSON WHO COMES NEW TO THE COURT CHANGES THE FAMILY A LITTLE. IN EVERY FAMILY, ONE IS BORN AND MAKES A TREMENDOUS CHANGE, AND I AM LIVING IT NOW. I HOPE, BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS A GOOD PERSON, THAT HE LISTENS IN ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS AND OVER TIME BEGINS TO MAKE HIS MARK IN A POSITIVE WAY. NOW SONIA, IN A RECENT INTERVIEW I HEARD THAT AT THIS MOMENT, THE BEST WAY TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN WAS TO GET INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS COUNTRY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HISPANICS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO DO SO, TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT IN SOME WAY? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MESSAGE? THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT VOTE IS THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT WANT THIS COUNTRY OR THEIR COMMUNITY. VOTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THE GREATEST OBLIGATION OF BEING A CITIZEN. AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANYONE NOT TO VOTE. THERE IS ALWAYS HELP FROM ANOTHER HISPANIC. IF THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION. EACH ONE OF US MAKES THE EFFORT TO GO OUT AND RAISE OUR VOICE AND VOTE. WE CANNOT COMPLAIN. EXACTLY. MADAM JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR, AND FOR SPEAKING TO US ABOUT HER STORY EXCLUSIVELY. THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. WHERE CAN THE BOOKS BE FOUND? IN ANY LIBRARY OR ANYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD. BOOKSTORES. "TURNING PAGES." AND WITH EVERYTHING. AND FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES 4 TO 8, AND IN ENGLISH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SONIA, FOR ACCOMPANYING US THIS MORNING ON "UN NUEVO DÍA." IT IS A GREAT HONOR. SHE IS AN EXAMPLE AND