Achievement was all very well, but it was the process, not the goal, that was most important. ON - Sonia Sotomayor

I have feared, at times, that my self-reliance, even more than my prominence, might prove hard for any man to take.

temporary need for remedial help into a lifetime of minimal employment and poverty. The ASPIRA consent decree won by PRLDEF in 1974 established the right of students with limited English to receive bilingual education in New York City’s public schools.

Gee, Officer Krupke, I thought, how do I explain? Shall I talk about my ancestors, the heritage of Spain? About having two languages, two ways of seeing the world? Is there only one culture that counts? I didn’t even know where to begin answering that one.