
In celebration of National Business Women's Week, Bellevue Business Professional Women (BPW) honors Sonya Green as Woman of the Year 2011 on Oct. 19 at the .
Green is the News & Public Affairs Director at , and producer of Emmy award winning television shows. She empowers people by teaching them to tell their stories and be their own advocates.
BPW (Business Professional Women) is a non-profit, non-partison organization founded in 1919, one year before women got the rights to vote in the U.S. It was a time when women did not have the career opportunities that we do today, so the mission of BPW is to empower women professionally, personally, and politically.
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Presenting the award to Green is Bellevue BPW President Estrella Chan of English Around the World.com. Chan co-hosts a monthly with Kevin Henry of the City of Bellevue for people of different cultures to meet and learn about each other's culture.
-- Information from Business Professional Women
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