She is also an adjunct faculty and Advisory Committee member at Kaplan University. She received her B.A. from the University of Southern Maine, cum laude, in 2002, and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law, magna cum laude, in 2005. In law school, she was the Production Editor of the Maine Law Review, which published her case note entitled Church Liability for Clergy Sexual Abuse: Have Time and Events Overthrown Swanson v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland? Sonia has also written several articles for American Bar Association publications. Sonia has extensive experience with legal writing, but The Status Update is her first published work of fiction.