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Sonya Brown
Humanities Faculty
Ms. Brown has been teaching in the Boston Public Schools for ten years, nine of those at Boston Arts Academy. She received her B.A. in Government and Philosophy from Harvard University, and specialized in teaching and curriculum development at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her work with adolescents began as director of two Boston youth programs: Boston Area Health Education Center's Middle School Program and The Teen Line, a teen crisis intervention service. Previous to BAA, she worked at Harvard's Institute for the Arts and Civic Dialogue exploring how artists can use their work to promote social justice.
A dancer herself, Ms. Brown studied jazz and ballet in high school and college, and West African dance forms, hip-hop and flamenco later on. In 2004, she was able to continue her love of dance and learning through a grant she received from Boston Plan For Excellence to research Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance in Cuba.
In addition to her formal education and professional experience, Ms. Brown’s career preparation includes extensive world travel. She has visited and lived in several areas outside of the U.S. including Finland, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Morocco, India, China and Bali. Ms. Brown was recipient of the Boston Teacher of the Year Award 2004.
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