Welcome. I am so glad you are here.
I’m Sonia Marie - a mother, maker and relationship builder. This, as you may have gathered, is my website, a place for me to mostly share my professional experience and work portfolio. More important than what I do for work, I have learned, is how I bring my whole self to things I am doing and who I am doing those things with. I hope that when you explore this site, you learn more about who I am and what I stand for. I have found when I bring my entire self to work, I am a more grounded, creative and compassionate co-worker, friend and community member. This is a small glimpse of who I am.
I am committed to building relationships beyond my own community and with the Earth, guided by the values of peace (shalom - שלום), friendship (chaverut - חברות), and respect (kavod - כבוד).
The land that I dwell on is on the traditional lands of many Indigenous nations, including the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, and Molalla peoples. Portland’s current population reflects a history shaped by colonization, forced displacement, genocide, and migration.
I acknowledge the unpaid labor and suffering of enslaved Africans and their descendants, whose exploitation built much of this nation and whose communities continue to face systemic injustice.
To love Hashem is to recognize His image in a human face, especially one whose creed, colour or culture is different from ours.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks