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Sonia Pressman Fuentes

"A Life that Has Come Full Circle": The Back Story

On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, Sarasota Herald-Tribune reporter Carrie Seidman did a profile of Monica Duperón Rodriguez, a private investigator, which included a reference to her business partner, Sue Moyer.  The profile was called "A Life that Has Come Full Circle" (p. A6), and you can read it here.

Sonia was responsible for that profile. It came to pass as follows. About a year before the article's publication, Sonia attended a program at New College of Florida in Sarasota, which was followed by a reception.  At the reception, she was drawn to two women and they to her, and the group agreed to meet for lunch in the future. There followed many months of making dates, all of which were canceled as these women worked as private investigators and were  frequently called away from Sarasota on travel on short notice.

Finally, Sonia had lunch with  Monica Duperón Rodriguez and M. Sue Moyer.  Women who are private detectives? Sonia thought. That's got to be an unusual occupation for a woman. Let me see if I can get them some publicity on that. (According to a 2012 article online, in 2012, the percent of women PI's was 15% and growing.)

So, Sonia contacted feminist activists and people she knew in the media, and the result was Carrie Seidman's profile.

Best,
Sonia

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