Sonia Azatyar

Sonia Azatyar was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. She began her career in 2011 as an intern at Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education before moving to other divisions, including the Ministry of Justice. Now she works as an operations officer with the Ministry of Education and is a freelance journalist, writing recently for The Associated Press. She is an alumna of Sahar Speaks, an organization that helps publish the work of Afghan female journalists in international news outlets.