Sonia Verjovsky

Background

About Sonia Verjovsky

Project Supervisor for the Workplace Inclusion Charter, helping local businesses and organizations access tools and strategies that promote inclusion for current and prospective employees. Previously, Career Development Advisor at KEYS, coordinating the Next Horizon Program and working closely with a diverse group of international students in their post-graduation career journeys, advocating for them, providing supports and empowering them to navigate through the various challenges and barriers they encounter when seeking career-level opportunities. Entrepreneurial innovator with extensive experience in communications and media, playing key role in areas ranging from literary and art catalogue translation and print and online journalism to publishing, book sales and literary representation. Passionate advocate of inclusion and fostering truly diverse communities, with a strong focus on bringing children and young adults into the arts. • Founder and co-owner of 6x award-winning children’s bookstore in the city of Cuernavaca, one of only five in Mexico • 20+ years’ experience as a freelance translator with 60+ novels, art catalogues, essay collections and cookbooks published by major Latin American publishers and museums in Mexico and the US • Founding editorial coordinator of Mexico’s premier parenting magazine BBMundo • Co-founder of Mexico’s first literary agency • Founding member of the Mexican Association for Literary Translators (Ametli)