Prior to working in CDP, Antonia worked for the Housing Conservation Coordinators, and the Community Law Office of LAS from 1997-2003. Antonia has served ALAA as a delegate from 1997-2000, the ACLA Rep from 2000-2006, and is currently an Alt. V.P. Antonia attended the City College of New York Urban Legal Studies program. While attending City College, she became politically active with the New York 8 (a group of revolutionaries and former Black Panther Party members who had been investigated by the NYPD and FBI counterintelligence units). Antonia has been a member of the December 12th Movement since 1989.