Candidate for
Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Francisco; Assembly District 13

Sonia has the leadership skills to ensure that the DCCC supports candidates and ballot measures that are moderate and fair to all sectors of San Francisco and at the same time uphold the Democratic Party's values. She has served under four Mayors as a Commissioner, City Department head and, most recently on Mayor Newsom's Transition Team.

Executive Director: Saint Francis Memorial Hospital's Rally Family Visitation Services.

Partner of CommuniQue: Management and Communications Consultants, a firm founded in 1990 to serve the management and marketing needs of for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Adjunct faculty member University of San Francisco + Masters Program in Nonprofit Management San Francisco State University + Bachelors and Masters Program in School of Social Work

Former Executive Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women

Founder: Hispanic Yellow Pages in 1984. Joined with the Asian Yellow Pages to establish Direct Language Inc. becoming the largest publisher of second language products (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese) in the country

Over twenty years of management experience in the public and private sectors.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Past president and member of the San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission

Currently serves on the Boards of

Economics Chair, California Women's Agenda (CAWA)

Earning Assets Return Network (EARN)

San Francisco Workforce Investment Board

City College Bond Oversight Committee

Served on the Boards of

Past Vice-President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Past president of the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Past Vice-President of the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau

Leadership California

Member of

Latino Steering Committee

Latino Political Action Committee

San Francisco Women's Political Committee

National Women's Political Caucus

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Plan C San Francisco

Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club

City Democratic Club

Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club

SPECIAL HONORS AND AWARDS

Received numerous honors including

Received the Women of Distinction Award from Soroptimist International of San Francisco in 2000

Honored by UCSF Center for Gender Equity in 1999

Installed in the San Francisco State University Wall of Fame in 1995

Featured in "Economics", a textbook for high school students released in 1994

Named one of the top 100 Women in Communication in the US by Hispanic U.S.A. Magazine

Outstanding Hispanic in the Bay Area by ABC affiliate, KGO-TV

Outstanding Business Person by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Santa Clara Valley

One of seven women in the U.S. to be featured in "Our Wildest Dreams" a book about women business and how their philosophy is changing the face of businesses around the country

Named to the National Advisory Commission on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention by President Carter

Named one of the "Ninety People Who Will Influence the Nineties" by the San Francisco Examiner in 1990

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Masters degree from San Francisco State University

Successfully completed executive business and marketing studies at Golden Gate University

Graduate of Leadership San Francisco

Leadership California

HOPE Leadership Institute

Emerge: Women for a Democratic Future