“When I went to school, you could miss a week of school and not be behind. “I noticed when I visited schools that so much is asked of kids these days,” says Manzano, who also voices Alma’s grandmother, Isa, on the series. The PBS series, from Fred Rogers Productions, aims to teach kids about critical thinking. In the second segment, “Justice Sonia and Umpire Alma,” Alma learns how to “call it like I see it” when she fears she has made the wrong call about a kickball game. In the first segment, titled “Justice Sonia and Judge Alma,” Alma learns that solving disagreements is a judge’s job. The judge makes an appearance in a special two-part episode that kicks off Season 2. “We jokingly refer to each other as ‘the other Sonia from the Bronx,’” Manzano says about the Supreme Court justice. Like Sotomayor, Manzano grew up in the Bronx and the series is based on her childhood. The series comes from creator and executive producer Sonia Manzano, who played the beloved character Maria on “Sesame Street” for more than 40 years. When “ Alma’s Way” returns for a second season on Monday, 6-year-old Alma Rivera (voiced by Summer Rose Castillo) and her younger brother, Junior (Neo Vela), will meet a very special former resident of their Bronx neighborhood - U.S. 18, 2023: A caption in an earlier version of this article referred to Grandma Isa.
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