Plaid for Women | Sonja Cedeno | Activity https://www.plaidforwomen.com/members/sonjacedeno/activity/ Activity feed for Sonja Cedeno. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:16:13 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c910da0c58233a8294d887297b267423 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31747 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:30:47 -0500 Women Are Valuable I was not necessarily a Taylor Swift fan until I recently read a quote from her. “There’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t help other […]

]]> bc15c4e62275a8bf31b791650b9b3bbf Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31682 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:30:43 -0600 The Stillness of Intentionality Two days ago I looked at the calendar and realized it was 1 year to the day that I started at my current position. It struck me that while I had […]

]]> b9e9ce0aebb463761effd2b0c7966efc Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31463 Mon, 20 May 2024 12:30:08 -0500 Trapped! Entrapments The word “trapped” by itself can conjure up in our minds various dangerous scenarios. We might imagine a mine collapsing and tra […]

]]> d24089d7d8135a3ff1e0291c69f5cf39 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31322 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:30:46 -0600 Nurturing the Roots: My Postpartum Journey In the quiet military community of Fort Irwin, CA, there lived a young mother of twins. Her days were filled with the laughter of her newborn sons, […]

]]> 791dad8596906f036624bbaabaad56b1 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31284 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:30:05 -0600 The Simplicity of Joy My Little Place I have a quiet corner in my house. It is ironically positioned near the front entry of our home. You wouldn’t think that this p […]

]]> 0a14ab860be055a518fa0bd80b4080a8 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31248 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:30:57 -0500 Windows I remember being an elementary school kid when the word Windows computing first became a part of my everyday language. Now I want to make it clear […]

]]> e80cd9790e36b2634d04703a3800ce90 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31200 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:30:33 -0500 A Love Song My early walk began with a love song between two birds. I guess you could call them love birds as it was clearly a mating call. On this cool autumn […]

]]> 322fc7aff2509c2d820730185a671cb9 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31170 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:30:20 -0500 The Patience Gap It had been a long day altogether. I rushed home on an already busy Thursday from my classroom. I’d known all day long my motivation to attend a l […]

]]> b85037c3e8642e313228d122f80ac33c Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31150 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:30:29 -0500 Dishonest In the wake of the pandemic, we’ve learned so many things as a nation. We’ve learned so many important facets about ourselves and the people in our […]

]]> a2b7b9a8b6ef8564eadfe4fd1ba3e49a Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31023 Mon, 22 May 2023 12:30:07 -0500 Rest Within There are times in my young adulthood I questioned my parent’s decision making. Why? Well, they were born and raised on the beautiful Caribbean i […]

]]> 519d562f95914f407f4e26059d6e4048 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31002 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:30:47 -0500 Living Relaxed I taped the brightly colored neon paper to the front of my classroom door. There, it’s all done now. Microwaves and mini fridge unplugged-check. […]

]]> 180c893102060cc7efd444d4c3041aa6 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30953 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:30:14 -0500 Two Truths and a Lie? Two Truths and a Lie is a game I often play with my students at school as an occasional ice breaker. They absolutely love it. It’s a game I d […]

]]> 0dd23acabd2f7e924a739e7ec245a154 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30905 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:30:24 -0600 Promises This year marks a pivotal moment in my career. Year 10 as a teacher, trainer, and educator. Maybe it’s something about heading into the double […]

]]> d00960693f3ab172ee4e696924bc6d84 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30889 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:30:18 -0600 Not Inching A mile wide and an inch deep. That’s usually what happens when we focus on too many things at the same time. We cover a lot of ground but not w […]

]]> f7ea0790d8aa9b7f7a61f35c4fc7755a Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30846 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:30:04 -0600 A few years ago an assistant principal with whom I worked was accepted into Harvard’s education leadership PhD program. It was pretty surprising to hear her share her story of exploring and preparing to apply to t […]

]]> 2125f1d1b46294b9a41c22a0cf514e14 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30821 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 23:16:02 -0600 Sonja Cedeno transitioned from the world of designing and building military grade defense products for the Department of Defense to K-12 Science education. Throughout her 10 career in defense contracting, she has […]

]]> 97eb3c8c5e387701b858334b0ece9586 Sonja Cedeno wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30797 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:30:41 -0500 For fourteen years, we snatched and wrestled every holiday from the tight grasp of my husband’s career as an active duty Army soldier. Even when we planned carefully, months in advance, the unexpected would s […]

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