Ketanji Brown Jackson was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Miami, Florida. She received her undergraduate and law degrees, both with honors, from Harvard University, then served as a law clerk for three federal judges, including Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States. She subsequently practiced law in the private sector, worked as an attorney and later as vice chair and commissioner of the US Sentencing Commission, and served as an assistant federal public defender. In 2012, President Barack Obama nominated her to the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Elevated to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021, she made history in 2022 when President Joseph Biden nominated her as an associate justice. The first Black woman ever confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States, she took her seat on June 30, 2022. |
