She began her collegiate career at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign by working on an East Asian Languages and Culture B.A. degree, graduating in 1997. She then earned an MBA (2000) at the Kogod School of Business at American University and her Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law also at the American University. Sonia is a licensed attorney in the State of Georgia. Before she decided to teach, she worked for eight years in private practice, specializing in Corporate, Real Estate, and Construction Law. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility, sustainability and its intersection with the law, entrepreneurship, and the scholarship of teaching and learning legal studies.