Sonia received her Master in Architecture degree from the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto where she was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Student Metal. She also holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto with a double major in architecture and fine art history, and a minor in visual studies.  Sonia is a registered architect with the Ontario Association of Architects and has worked in offices in Toronto and Los Angeles on various award winning institutional projects, commercial interior fit-outs and residential new-builds.

 

Since 2017, Sonia has been involved in BEAT (Building Equality in Architecture Toronto) as an Executive member, then as the Executive Chair, and presently as an Advisory member. During her term as Chair of BEAT, Sonia led the internal visioning workshop initiative which sought to update the group's mandate to respond to current needs in the profession, and to prepare the organization for future growth. In 2020 Sonia was awarded the Construction Canada Emerging Leader Award for her initiative in this role. 

 

For over a decade Sonia has been actively teaching design at Daniels and Waterloo School of Architecture. Currently, Sonia is the Daniels Design Research Internship Program coordinator, a program which bridges academic knowledge and professional practice, exposing third- and fourth-year Architectural Studies undergraduate students to multiple modes of practice, research, and interdisciplinary design.