Sonam acquired a Bachelors Degree from the Lady Shriram College of Commerce under the University of Delhi in India. After graduating, she worked at the Amankora Journeys for a year before joining Yangphel Adventure Travel. She is currently the General Manager overseeing the Adventure Travel product development in addition to her role in marketing and communications.

Sonam hails from a small hamlet in the far eastern district of Trashigang and is the only daughter of three siblings. She has an inexhaustible energy at work and runs a tight-ship within the office, perhaps a trait she possessed from her father who was a retired army officer.