She has worked as a producer for The Tavis Smiley Show from Public Radio International, Marketplace from American Public Media and National Public Radio’s News & Notes. She was also a Fellow for the Carnegie and Knight Foundation’s multi-media news initiative, News21, where she covered politics for the Huffington Post. Additionally, Sonata has reported for Bush Radio in Cape Town, South Africa, Southern California Public Radio, Los Angeles’ NPR affiliate KCRW and the Ventura County Star. She completed her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Xavier University of Louisiana.