Ketanji Brown Jackson

Bay Area Woman Captures Viral Photo of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Daughter

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A Bay Area woman's photograph, which captured a touching moment during Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing has gone viral.

Martinez native Sarabeth Maney, who currently works for the New York Times, recently captured a photograph of Jackson and her 17-year old daughter, Leila, glowing with pride as she watched her mother during the confirmation hearings. Jackson’s husband is also in the background.

Maney, who is currently based in Washington D.C., studied photojournalism at San Francisco State University and interned for the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan.

In the video above, NBC Bay Area's Raj Mathai talked with Maney about the viral photo and the national attention it has gotten.

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