Sonya Renee Taylor is a New York Times best-selling author, activist, thought leader, spoken word artist, and founder of The Body is Not An Apology global movement. Taylor's work emphasizes body liberation, racial justice, and transformational change through her framework of radical self-love. She is a Black queer woman and identifies as fat, cisgender, and neurodivergent. Her pronouns are she/her.

Sonya is the author of seven books, including The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, and is an international award-winning artist. Her projects include the popular "What's Up, Y'all?" video series and the reparations-inspired Buy Back Black Debt initiative, which, as of October 2020, has cleared over half a million dollars in Black-held debt.

She has been involved in a multitude of roles, including a sexuality health educator, therapeutic wilderness counselor, mental health case worker, and various directorial positions. Over a decade, Sonya built an award-winning international performance poetry and poetry slam career.

Sonya is a highly sought-after international speaker, artist, and educator on issues of radical self-love, social justice, and personal and global transformation.