AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
2025
August Breeze, Longing for Eden, VAN DER PLAS Gallery, Lower East Side, New York
Gardenia, Biafarin Gallery, New York, New York
2024
Sound Mind Music Festival for Mental Health, Brooklyn, New York
2022
That Cat, Student Arts Place, Barre, Vermont
2019
All Animals Welcome, The Drawing Room, Jersey City, NJ
One Inspired Evening, Venue West, Chicago, IL
2018
Allow me to Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, Queens, NY
Abandoned, LP Project, Queens, NY
Pop Art Art Show, The Pigment Group, Hampton Bays, NY
Sugar is Sweet, NU Hotel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
One Inspired Evening, Venue West, Chicago, IL
2017
Black and White, Brooklyn Waterfront Association Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Sonya Showcase, The Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
One Inspired Evening, Moonlight Studios, Chicago, IL
2016
RAW Art Showcase, The Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY, IL
Sonya Art Walk, TIPSY Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
MARP Exhibition, Owl and the Pussycat, Brooklyn, NY
Black Artstory Exhibition, The Emerson, Brooklyn, NY
2015
One Inspired Evening, Revel Downtown, Chicago, IL
Territorios, Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Queens, NY
Transition, The Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Sonya Art Walk, Sairi Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Sonya Blue, The Rising Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Village, Renate Albertsen-Marton Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Halloween Salon Show, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Wide Open 3 National, Brooklyn Waterfront, Brooklyn NY
Peoples Choice, The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Text(ile), Fibrous Languages in ArtInfinity Art Gallery, Online Art Gallery
2011
I'm Not A Good Enough Feminist, Brooklyn, NY
Bbox Radio Art Show, Pips Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Scroll Bowl, Frost Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
In-Between Spaces, Berrie Center Photo Lounge, NJ
2010
Study/Space, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Mexico: A World of Toys, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL
Deck-A-Dent Dutchess, 54b, Chicago, IL
One Inspired Evening, Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union Hall, Chicago, IL
Freedom, Graffiti Zone, Chicago, IL
Humboldt Park Art Festival, Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
2009
Brazil- Projeto Igari, The Global Canvas, Chicago, IL
Through Our Eyes, Graffiti Zone, Chicago, IL
Unity, Quennect Four, Chicago, IL
CJ’s Show, Graffiti Zone, Chicago, IL
Humboldt Park Arts Festival, Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
Change, South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL
Inspiration Corporation One Inspired Evening, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL
Self, Ovenden Contemporary, Online Art Gallery
A Night of Sight and Sound February, Quennect 4, Chicago, IL
A Night of Sight and Sound January, Debonair, Chicago, IL
2008
Words That Kill, The Spot, Chicago, IL
Outdated Polaroid Show, Chicago Country Club, Chicago, IL
Art on Track, Mobile CTA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Isn’t it?, Chicago Public Radio, Vocalo, Chicago, IL
Black and White, Fundraiser Art Exhibit, Chicago, IL
Switchboard Art Show, Chicago, IL
Full Bleed, Loft 3a, Chicago, IL
il strato un regalo gradito, South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, G2, Chicago, IL
2007
Nippon Steel Winter Exhibition, Nippon Steel Factory, Chicago, IL
InHabit Group Show, Revolving Door Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hope in the Making Juried Exhibition, Faith and Work Arts Ministry, New York, NY
2005
Art Bash Juried Group Show, G2, Chicago, IL
Collaborative Work Group Show, Lincoln Park Community Shelter, Chicago, IL
2004
Academic Award Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
National Scholastics Juried Show, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Gold Medal Recipient
RESIDENCIES, BOARDS and PROJECTS
Middle College National Consortium Executive Board (2025)
Global Leaders Fulbright Recipient, United Kingdom (2024)
Mural Community Project, The DREAM Project, Cabarete, Dominican Republic (2022)
New Museum, Teacher Advisory Board Member, New York, NY (2019-2022)
Mural Community Project, School Diokhor Kaw, Senegal, Africa (2022)
Mural Community Project, Business Arts District Recipient, Brooklyn, NY (2018)
Mural Community Project, Palomino, Colombia (2013)
Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011)
Harold Arts, Chesterhill, Ohio (2010)
Lethal Poetry, Chicago, Illinois (2009)
Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan (2006)
CONFERENCES, PANELS and PUBLICATIONS
Women in Leadership Summit, Harvard University, MA (2025)
Columbia University, Teachers College, Power of Self Awareness in Leadership, Presenter (2025)
Fulbright Global Teaching Dialog, The JOY is in the JOurneY: Promoting Success, Leadership, Well Being, and Essential Skills for Global Educators, Presenter, Virtual (2025)
National Summer Conference, Presenter, Middle College National Consortium, NY (2024)
National Winter Conference, Presenter, Middle College National Consortium, NY (2024)
New York State Association of Teacher Educations, Presenter, CUNY CITE Research (2023)
Winter Conference, 25 Anniversary, NY Performance Consortium, NY (2023)
TMYWA, Publication for illustrations, (2022)
Winter Conference, Presenter, NY Performance Consortium, NY (2022)
National Summer Conference, Presenter, Middle College National Consortium, NY (2022)
2020 National Consortium for Shelby Schools, Presenter, Middle College National Consortium, Virtual (2020)
National Summer Conference, Presenter, Middle College National Consortium, NY (2019)
SONYA Board Community Panel, South of the Navy Yard Artists, NY (2018)
Facilitator and Panel Speaker, National Endowment for the Arts National Convention, NY (2017)
Guest Speaker, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL (2011)
EDUCATION
2024 Fulbright Leaders for Global Schools Recipient, US-UK Commision, London and Glasgow, November 2024
2017 Master of Science in Education, School Administration, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2013 Master of Science, Long Island University, School of Education, NY, NY
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Visiting Associate Professor, Brooklyn, NY (09/18-Present)
Pratt Institute, Art and Design Education Department
Assistant Principal, Queens, NY (08/18-Present)
Middle College High School
Adjunct Professor, Queens, NY (09/19-Present)
LaGuardia Community College, Art Department
Adjunct Professor, Queens, NY (09/19-Present)
York College, Teacher Education Department
Educational Coordinator, New York, New York (8/22-12/22)
Louis Vuitton 200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries: The Exhibition
District 14 Master Teacher, Brooklyn, NY (08/16-08/18), Office of Teacher Leadership and Career Pathways
Office of Arts and Special Projects, Brooklyn, NY (8/16-08/18), Arts Mondays Facilitator
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, Brooklyn, NY (08/11-08/18), Coordinator of Special Education
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY (09/12-06/14), Education Program partner educator
Audubon Elementary School, Chicago, IL (07/08-03/11), Teaching Artist, grades 6-8