Cory Sharber, WHYY News
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was in Philadelphia on Tuesday at the Parkway Central Library to discuss her new children’s book.
The book, titled “Just Shine! How to Be a Better You,” focuses on helping others “discover their inner brilliance.” Sotomayor’s mother served as the inspiration for the recently released work, with the justice citing her mother’s upbringing in Puerto Rico and her “ability to help people see their own brilliance.”
Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court justice, spoke with WHYY’s Cherri Gregg and answered fan-submitted questions throughout the event. She discussed how the book saw her “using the writing as my therapy” to address the pain of her mother’s death in 2021.