The Daily Californian, August 26, 2009 by Javier Panzar
http://www.dailycal.org/article/106345/sotomayor_appointment_serves_as_milestone_for_law_
Maria Blanco, executive director of the Earl Warren Institute … said she sees the appointment of Sotomayor as a milestone for women and minorities in the profession. “It is unbelievable,” she said. “I didn’t think I would see it in my lifetime. I thought maybe the next generation of lawyers after me would see it…. It is very exciting and very inspirational.”