Curriculum Vitae. Texas A&M University Master of Science in Education Herbert H. Lehman College Graduate Studies in Nursing 1979

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1 Curriculum Vitae Sonia M. Cunningham Education Post Graduate Certificate Molecular Genetics Georgetown University 2003 Texas A&M University Master of Science in Education 1992 Herbert H. Lehman College Graduate Studies in Nursing 1979 Herbert H. Lehman College Bachelor of Science in Nursing 1974 Appointment Employment University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Initial Appointment to Rank Assistant Professor Associate Professor Tenured 2000 South Texas ISD Magnet High School For Health Professions Health Occupations Educations Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital Weekend House Supervisor Valley Baptist Medical Center

2 Nurse New York University Medical Center Nurse Borough of Manhattan Community College Clinical Instructor Director Nursing Skills Lab Director College Health Service Albert Einstein Medical Center Nurse Continuing Education One Hundred Thirty Five CEU s Six Hundred Eighty Hours Community Service Career Day Speaker Raymondville High School 2004 Career Day Speaker Truman Price Elementary Lenoir Elementary Donna ISD March of Dimes State of Texas Grant Review and Selection Group Voting Member March of Dimes Walk Fundraiser Harlingen Brownsville

3 March of Dimes Rio Grande Valley Chapter Program Services Committee Career Day South Texas ISD Magnet High School for Health Professions 1997 Adult Literacy Course End of the Road Ministry Founder Dolly s Vollys Junior Volunteers Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital 1993 Presentation National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Including Genetics in Associate Degree Education 2002 Keynote Speaker Houston Community College Pinning/Recognition Ceremony 2002 International Society of Nurses in Genetics Including Genetics in Associate Degree Curricula Baltimore (Panel) 2002 Genetics New Technologies New Roles for Nurses Continuing Education Offering University of Texas Brownsville 2002 Disaster Preparation School Nurses BISD 2002 Nursing Implications Trisomy 13, 18, 21 Continuing Education Victoria College 2001

4 Care Planning for School Nurses BISD 2001 South Texas Perinatal Nurses Perinatal Workshop 2000 Genetics in Nursing McAllen 2000 NOADN Annual Conference Student Portfolios Poster Presentation 1999 Improving Perinatal Outcomes South Texas Perinatal Association Continuing Education Corpus Christi 1999 Yavapai College Health Institute Portfolio at the Associate Degree Level Phoenix 1999 Genetics in Nursing Continuing Education BISD Brownsville 1998 Publications RFP/Grant Report of the Expert Panel on Genetics and Nursing: Implications for Education And Practice 2002 Proposal Funded Grant Awarded $3000 Nursing Education First The Center for Civic Engagement University of Texas at Brownsville 2002 Member of ISONG Nurse Educator Delegation To China 2005

5 Summer Institute for Nursing Faculty National Institutes of Health 2003 Issues in Action Focus Group Addison Wesley Publishers San Antonio College 1998 Service Learning Windows of Joy Life Skills Project sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement Cameron County Jail Fall 2007 Hepatitis B Vaccination Project Harlingen Fire Department 2003 Parental Involvement Health Fair Rio Hondo ISD 2001 South Texas Hospital Diabetes Screening Initiative Comenzando Bien March of Dimes Sullivan City Texas Pre Registration Immunization Clinic Rio Hondo ISD Harlingen Baha i Center Screening/Teaching Immunization Screening Teaching McAllen, Weslaco, Edcouch, Elsa 1996 Scholarly Activity Nurse Educator Oncology Program University of Texas at Houston, MD Anderson 2004, 2010 Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment City of Hope National Medical Center Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics Duarte CA 2002

6 Item Reviewer For Registered Nurses NLN 2001 Reviewer Web Based Genetic Institute Children s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati 2001 Genetics 2001 a Three Day Short Course for Nurses FBR 2001 Children s Hospital Medical Center Second Biennial Genetics Update CHMC 2001 Department of Health and Human Services Human Genome Project Expert Panel on Genetics In Nursing Practice and Education 2001 Modules Reviewer Ethical Social and Legal Issues in Genetics Foundation for Blood Research 2000 Genetic Institute for Nurse Educators Children s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati 1998 and Implementation Legal Aspects of Medication Administration A Course to Correct A Reprimand Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners 1997 Spanish Immersion Centro Estudios Linguisticos y Multiculturas Cuernavaca, Mexico 1994 University Service Scorpion Scholar Mentor Distinguished Lecture Series Essay Judge 2010/2011 Center for Civic Engagement Search Committee 2008

7 Search Committee for Director of Corporate and Foundations Office 2008 Center for Civic Engagement Advisory Board University Search Committee 2008 VPAA Search Committee 2006 Department of Nursing Admission Progression, Retention Committee Department of Nursing Instructional Resources Committee Chairperson Department of Nursing University of Texas at Brownsville Nursing Advisory Board Continuing Education Committee Chairperson University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio BSN Program Crisis Intervention Course 1994 School of Vocational Nursing University of Texas Brownsville Extended Campus Weslaco 1994 Young Scholars in Conference UTB/TSC 1993 Valley Baptist School Of Vocational Nursing Mental Health/ Mental Illness 1993

8 Special Projects Awards Service Other Student Delegation Leader People To People International France, Greece, Italy 2006 Student Collaboration Project Dental Hygiene Department Texas State Technical College Putegnat Elementary , 2004 Outstanding Women in Texas Government Honored by Governor Rick Perry Austin Texas September 2010 Nominated by Dr. Juliet Garcia University of Texas at Brownsville Community Service Award New York Police Department 2010 Educator of the Year National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing 2004 NISOD Award for Teaching Excellence 2004 ISONG Founders Award Nursing and Consumer Genetic Education 2001 Exceptional Merit Award Recipient UTB/TSC Observer Caolition of Indigenous Groups Huatulco,Mexico 2003 La Posada Providencia Residence for Refugees Board Member Mentor

9 Health Literacy Project Guatemala 1996 ISONG Board Member Co-Chair Education Committee Honors Sasakawa Fellowship Nominee Nominated by Dr. Juliet Garcia University of Texas at Brownsville 2007 Profiled Educator Perspectives the Journal of the National League for Nursing March/April 2003 Licensure Founded and Funded Three Endowments Facilitated the creation of four other endowments Recruited and Recommended three endowment Texas