Sonya Dublin, MPH/MSW, is a capacity building specialist in the Organizational Capacity Building branch at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), a national health justice organization which influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

Sonya provides individualized support, training, and technical assistance to help organizations improve the quality of their HIV prevention programming. Her expertise includes program development, strategic planning, fiscal development, community advisory board implementation, coalition building, adaptation of evidence based interventions, empowerment and peer-based programming, participatory evaluation, and development of monitoring and evaluation instruments and systems.

Prior to joining APIAHF, Sonya ran clinical and behavioral HIV prevention programs for high risk youth for seven years, in addition to six years consulting with Public Health Departments, Health Care Organizations, and Community Based Organizations on the improvement of HIV prevention and treatment programs. Projects have included: transition programs for HIV-positive youth, services for sex workers and sexually exploited minors, syringe exchange and harm reduction programs for substance users, outreach and education efforts for non-gay identified men of color who have sex with men (MSM), clinical implementation of counseling, testing, and referral (CTR), partner counseling and referral services (PCRS), rapid HIV testing, and program coordination and service integration (PCSI) with a focus on integrating Hepatitis, STD, and HIV services.

Sonya's background has spanned local, national, and international initiatives with projects ranging from direct service to program management to policy advocacy. From her earliest work as a community organizer, to recent state-wide policy efforts, Sonya's professional engagement has been driven by a deep commitment to social justice work with underserved communities.

Sonya received a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Masters in Social Welfare (MSW) from the University of California, Berkeley.