The Life Experiences That Made Justice Sonia Sotomayor the Badass She Is Today

Sotomayor grew up with juvenile diabetes, and although she admitted she hid her disease in the past, she is now very open about her health. "Diabetes is really a fundamental part of me. It's part of my body; it's part of everything I do all day long, exercising, eating, stopping internally for a moment to check where my blood sugars are," she told NPR.