Sofia (She/Her) – I’m the Deputy Editor & Media Partnership Manager at Thred, specialising in exclusive articles and live interviews, fashion and beauty with a focus on sustainability, women’s rights, psychedelics, and Latin America. I studied Spanish at the University of Exeter and International Journalism at City, London. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, and drop me some ideas/feedback via email.
Hi, I’m Sofia, and I’m the Deputy Editor & Media Partnership Manager at Thred. I also work closely with Gen Zers from around the world on exclusive articles and live interviews to promote the inspiring work they’re doing to make the world a better place.
During my time at the University of Exeter where I studied Spanish, I chose to spend my year abroad teaching English in Argentina and working as a journalist in Colombia before travelling across the continent with my camera.
Returning to the UK to pursue a Masters in International Journalism and an internship at National Geographic Traveller, I eventually found myself at Thred’s doors.
Now, I balance my time between obsessing over mushrooms, practising yoga in the middle of the office, and telling everyone about the new song I just learned to play on the bass guitar.
Latest Stories from Sofia
Scientists turn humid air into renewable energy
Realising Nikola Tesla’s 1930s theory that the Earth could one day act as a super battery, a team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have successfully generated hygroelectricity. ‘We are on the threshold of a gigantic revolution, based on the wireless transmission of power,’ wrote Nikola Tesla in the 1930s. ‘We will be enabled to illuminate the whole sky at night and eventually we will flash power in virtually...
Sunak unveils ‘radical’ vision to transform UK health service
Seeking to boost doctor numbers countrywide, the government has promised ‘the biggest ever expansion in workforce training in the NHS history.’ Yet with the pay debate still in full force, many have renounced the move for failing to address the real issues at hand. With the aim of saving taxpayers £10 billion, Rishi Sunak has unveiled the ‘most radical’ reform of the NHS in history. Pledging £2.4 billion over five...
China poised to hit clean power target five years early
China is reportedly on track to almost double its wind and solar power capacity and shatter the central government’s ambitious 2030 goal of 1,200 gigawatts way ahead of schedule. ‘China is making strides,’ says Martin Weil, a researcher at Global Energy Monitor (GEM). The NGO, which tracks operating utility-scale wind and solar farms in the country, has just released a report uncovering that if all prospective projects are...
Opinion – Stop body shaming women in the public eye
Recent online commentary negatively targeting Bebe Rexha’s weight gain proves that discourse around female celebrity’s appearance is still rife on social media. Retiring this inherently toxic form of trolling is long overdue. You’d think we’d have grown tired of obsessing over women’s bodies by now, especially within industries that significantly influence how we perceive ourselves. I’m referring, of course, to the contradictory nature of modern celebrity culture. Many brands and influencers...
Deforestation surges despite Cop26 pledge
An area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests last year, suggesting that world leaders’ commitment to halt their destruction by 2030 is failing. Last year, an area of tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled. This is according to a damning new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI), which has revealed that between the Bolivian Amazon and Ghana, the equivalent of...
What is the Dutch nitrogen crisis?
If it’s to meet its climate targets, the Netherlands will be forced to choose between agriculture or building new homes and infrastructure unless the farming sector cuts nitrogen-based emissions.
Last year, it was revealed that the agriculture industry is responsible for about a quarter of our total greenhouse gas emissions, the main contributor being livestock and fisheries.
Yet although the drastic environmental impact of meat and dairy production has been at the
Wimbledon to use AI commentary at upcoming championships
The All England Club has teamed up with tech group IBM to leverage the boom in large language models such as ChatGPT to cover matches that would ordinarily be watched in silence. Although Wimbledon has a reputation for favouring tradition over change, it’s set to follow a global trend this year in embracing artificial intelligence (AI) at the upcoming championships. Teaming up with tech group IBM to...
The rise of the ‘no-wash’ revolution
A growing cohort of people have joined the ‘no-wash’ movement, opting to cut back on doing laundry to reduce their environmental impact and help their clothes last longer.
Resale, rental, regeneration – you name it. In 2023, there’s no shortage of ways for the style-obsessed to ensure we’re being as conscious with our consumerism as possible.
However, as planet positive as these options are, the world is still
Exclusive – Chatting to the ‘Gen Z Historian’ Kahlil Greene
The self-professed Gen Z historian, who uses content creation to channel his passion for history, social justice, and public speaking, educates young people on how to build their knowledge so as to best support the causes they care about most. We spoke to him about what this involves. ‘Everyone has a different way of enacting change,’ says Kahlil Greene. ‘For me, it’s educating.’ Exemplifying this statement, the 23-year-old began his journey...
Doctors urged not to rely on BMI to assess health
The American Medical Association is no longer recommending the use of body mass index as a measure of weight, after years of controversy and criticism around the metric. The scales are formally shifting on body mass index (BMI), a measurement that’s been the source of much scorn in recent years. Invented in 1832 by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian astronomer and mathematician, it was adopted by governments around the world in the...
