Sonya Bell

"Birmingham is a city that surprised me with its close knit business community and rich social and cultural offering."

Sonya Bell, 27, recently set up the digital PR consultancy Pick and Mix Media, which focuses on providing social media and blogging services for businesses.

Prior to establishing Pick and Mix Media she was a senior account executive with city centre PR consultancy Headline Communications, where she worked with professional services firms like Deloitte and Amey.

She studied a BA in English Literature at the University of Sheffield before going on to achieve a distinction in a National Council for the Training of Journalists accredited MA in Print Journalism.

Sonya joined the BYPY committee in 2008, shortly after moving to Birmingham.

She is a huge fan of social media and uses Twitter on a regular basis, you can follow her tweets by going to www.twitter.com/SonyaHeadline. She also enjoys challenging travel and spent eight months teaching in Vietnam. Her recent trips abroad have included Peru, Brazil, Cambodia and Laos.