Inspired by nature and myth, Sonia creates visually poetic films that draw from her Puerto Rican-American culture roots. As a writer/director, her creative voice centers on the stories of women, LGBTQ+ and people of the global majority.

Her work has received accolades from festivals/awards worldwide including the Tribeca Film Festival, Clios, Webbys, 1.4 Awards, One Show Awards and Kinsale Shark Awards. Sonia received grants from the Jerome Foundation and NYSCA. She was selected for the DGA/AICP Commercial Director’s Diversity Program, NALIP Woman of Color Film Incubator (2024) and the Actors Studio Directors Unit (2024-25).

Sonia is in development on her directorial narrative feature debut, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNI. The script participated in the Gotham Project Market: US Features In Development (2024), NALIP Latino Media Accelerator (2024), Film Independent’s Fast Track (2023), the WIF and Sundance Financing Intensive (2022) and was a Sundance and Outfest Screenwriting finalist.