Like many educators, Sonya’s love for teaching and learning is in her DNA. Her grandmother was a principal, her mother, a High School teacher, and her brother is a celebrated middle school special education teacher. In her work at YouthTruth, Sonya supports education leaders across the country in using data to drive change.
Prior to joining YouthTruth, Sonya served as a director at the Presidio Graduate School. Her experience in K-12 education includes work as director of university tutoring in Seattle, as the tutoring program manager for Score!/Kaplan for the Northern California region, and as the site director of a K-5 program in rural California.
Sonya graduated from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA with degrees in English and Non-Profit Management of Education Programs and studied sustainable leadership in Presidio Graduate School’s MBA program. Sonya completed her Student Teaching practicum at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and hopes to someday return to her first love in education: teaching literature to teenagers.
As a group facilitator and public speaker, Sonya has led workshops at schools, districts, colleges and conferences across the country, for audiences from 5 to 500.