Sonny Jiménez de Tejada

Sonny Jiménez de Tejada was born Sonny Jiménez Arbeláez on 6 January 1922 in Medellín, Colombia, to Luis Emilio Jiménez and Débora Arbeláez.^[3] In 1941, she entered the Faculty of Mines of the National University of Colombia, where she graduated as a civil and mining engineer in 1946 as the first woman to do so. Later, she completed a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1948. She went on to complete a masters in Urban Physical Planning at the National University of Colombia in Medellín in 1976. She worked with the Women's Professional Association encouraging women to study engineering.^[1][4][5]

Tejada was celebrated for her work and contribution to women's access to higher education in Colombia.^{[1][4][6][7][8]}

Tejada married fellow engineer José Tejada Sáenz. They had five children, one of whom is a professor of mathematics Débora Tejada. He died in 2011.Tejada died on May 5, 2014, in Medellín.^[4][9]