On Tuesday, the US Senate officially confirmed Judge Gina Méndez-Miró to the US Federal District Court in Puerto Rico, making her the first openly LGBT judge in the history of the court.

Judge Méndez-Miró is the 100th on the list of judges appointed by President Joe Biden to the federal court and the 3rd to the District Court of Puerto Rico. His confirmation now gives the previously paralyzed Puerto Rico court a Democratic majority.

Méndez-Miró, formerly a judge on the Puerto Rican appeals court, passed the Senate by a 54-45 vote.

As NBC News reports, “Senate Democrats and the Biden administration have pledged to continue to accelerate efforts in the new year to reshape the federal judiciary, choosing demographically diverse candidates and appointees with varied legal backgrounds. Of Biden's 100 justices, 76 so far are women and 68 people of color, according to Senate Democrats."

The Senate confirmed Pittsburgh US Attorney Cindy Chung to a seat on the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Court of Appeals on Monday, making her the first Asian-American judge on that court.

"The more our justices reflect the vibrancy and diversity of our nation, the more effective they will be in administering equal justice," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday. (14). "The more Americans look into our courts, see people who look like them, who come from their backgrounds and share similar experiences, the better our court system will be."

Since 2016, Méndez-Miró has served on the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico, an intermediate court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters. She joined the court from the Puerto Rico Senate, where she served as Chief of Staff. She was born in 1974 and graduated in 2001 from the Law School of the University of Puerto Rico.

“Biden moved faster than his White House predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, to appoint judges, but judicial experts said they don't expect Biden to match Trump's 231 picks in four years in office. Biden had 13 more confirmations at the start of his third year in the White House compared to Trump, according to a report last month by judicial scholar Russell Wheeler of the Brookings Institution.

By comparison, also under the Trump administration, there were 71 candidates pending to Biden's 53, Wheeler's report showed. Overall, Trump appointed 54 appeals court judges and 177 district judges.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved on to a full vote on Biden's court pending nominees for 24 candidates.