Sonja majored in Gender Studies at UC Davis with a minor in Film Studies.  She also earned a degree in Special Education Instruction from National University.  She taught Algebra and Cooking at a Nonpublic High School in Los Angeles.  During that time she started producing short films and music videos, just for fun.  That fun quickly became a new career and she left teaching to pursue producing. 

She produces feature films, short films, commercials, music videos and web series in addition to lending support to numerous productions.  In 2017 she became the festival director for the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival