Personal history
Sioned Williams grew up in the
Gwent valleys and was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbrân and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm
Rhymni. She lives in Alltwen, in the Swansea Valley with her husband Daniel and
their two teenage children. Sioned is fluent in Welsh. After graduating in
Welsh and English from Aberystwyth University, she was awarded the S4C T.Glynne
Davies Scholarship to study for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism at Cardiff
University.
Professional background
Sioned was a journalist with
BBC Wales before going to work for Swansea University as Welsh Language Policy
Officer and then as Communications and Development Manager at Academi Hywel
Teifi. As part of her work at the University, she helped establish and
co-managed Tŷ’r
Gwrhyd, the Swansea Valley’s Welsh language centre. She has also worked for
Plaid Cymru as Head of Strategic Communications. Sioned is a well-known
reviewer and commentator on broadcasting and the arts for Welsh broadcast and
print media and has adjudicated the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the National
Eisteddfod and the Crown competition at the Urdd National Eisteddfod. She is a
former Board member and Chair of the Bursaries Panel at Literature Wales.
Political history
Sioned was Community Councillor
for Alltwen and Chair of Cilybebyll Community Council before being elected as Member of the Senedd
for South Wales West in the 2021 Election.
