Summertime words warm enough to allow my growth. This yellow woman carrying beneath her breasts Standing in front with mornings around our waistįrom UNDER A SOPRANO SKY (African World Press, 1987)
Where madmen goosestep in tune to Guernica.Īnd you hide your hands behind your backsįor the world is broken into little piecesĪre we not more than harlequins and horns? She lives in Philadelphia.įor the anc and brandywine peace community Sonia Smith is a primary care provider established in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and her medical specialization is family medicine with more than 17 years. She was the first Presidential Fellow at Temple University, where she began teaching in 1977, and held the Laura Carnell Chair in English there until her retirement in 1999. Sonia Sanchez has lectured at more than five hundred universities and colleges in the United States and had traveled extensively, reading her poetry in Africa, Cuba, England, the Caribbean, Australia, Nicaragua, the People’s Republic of China, Norway, and Canada. 3 Sonya Smith Faculty Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Coordinator University of the. Her contributions have assisted in raising over 1.5 million dollars for a number of non-profit organizations.Sonia Sanchez is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, including Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Beacon Press, 1999) Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums: Love Poems (1998) Does Your House Have Lions?(1995), which was nominated for both the NAACP Image and National Book Critics Circle Award Wounded in the House of a Friend (1995) Under a Soprano Sky(1987) Homegirls & Handgrenades (1984), which won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation I’ve Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems (1978) A Blues Book for Blue Black Magical Women (1973) Love Poems(1973) Liberation Poem (1970) We a BaddDDD People (1970) and Homecoming(1969).Īmong the many honors she has received are the Community Service Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, the Lucretia Mott Award, the Outstanding Arts Award from the Pennsylvania Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Peace and Freedom Award from Women International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Humanities, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. reduce risk and save time with Sonias easy to use platform. Montalbano frequently performs as an auctioneer and emcee. “Having represented both the Employee and Employer, I have a unique understanding of all sides of Business and Employment Law.”Ĭombining her skill in communication and desire to contribute to the community, Ms. Montalbano offers informed and comprehensive advice on all aspects of business, including, but not limited to wage and hour issues handbook policies contract negotiations investigations into employee misconduct non-competition agreements severance packages compliance with leave laws and entity formation. After her parents divorced, her actress mother along with Smith went back to Venezuela Smith grew up. Her maternal great-grandfather was French and her maternal great-grandmother was Finnish. Her experience provides an expansive knowledge base, allowing her to practice employment and business law with distinction. Sonya was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of German -born Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Frederick Smith, who is American.
She has also litigated and testified as an expert witness on the issue of attorney fees in fee disputes and served as an arbitrator in numerous cases. Having represented both employers and employees, she understands the thought process of all sides in a matter, allowing her to provide practical and effective solutions, and to avoid unnecessary and unwanted complications. For over 20 years Sonia Montalbano has counseled individuals and companies of all sizes in the areas of employment and business law, with an emphasis on litigation in both state and federal courts. Comey & Shepherd Realtors is a Greater Cincinnati based real estate brokerage providing Real Estate Services to Cincinnati Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Dayton Ohio and Southeast Indiana Regions.