Sonia Chang-Díaz

MA State Senator

Sonia Chang-Díaz is the first Latina and first Asian-American elected to the Massachusetts State Senate, where she served for 14 years. During that time Sonia wrote, championed, and won landmark education funding reforms to provide $1.5 billion annually in new aid to K-12 districts across the state. She led the charge for criminal justice reform and repealing racist sentencing rules, when Beacon Hill insiders were ready to look the other way. She also sponsored and won multiple protections for trans Bay Staters, negotiated a nation-leading police reform law, and won increased assistance for small businesses and equity laws to close the racial wealth divide through emerging industries. She’s strengthened environmental justice laws, won protections for immigrants, and helped pass voting rights expansions. In 2022 she became the first woman of color to ever make the ballot for Governor in state history.

Sonia lives in Jamaica Plain with her husband and two children. In addition to helping start up a family business, she continues to be a sought-after speaker and commentator for news media, civic organizations, corporate events, and academia.