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
The Queen’s favourite cheesemaker might lose its royal warrant
Upon learning that Dairy Crest Limited was recently fined £1.5 million for committing a series of environmental offences, it looks like Lizzie might strip the company’s right to display the coat of arms on its packaging. Whether or not you’re a fan of the British monarchy, I’m sure we can all agree that Queen Elizabeth choosing to reprimand her favourite cheesemaker because it’s up to no gouda – pun very...
Love drugs could soon be a reality
An Oxford University academic has suggested that a new substance to help failing relationships could become commercially available in the next three to five years. Imagine a world where, rather than working on our relationships the old-fashioned way, we just pop a pill and the spark is reignited (at least until it wears off and we need another fix). Though this may sound like something straight out of Harry Potter, it...
yes, you can get your nature fix in the big smoke
if you live in London, you probably think there’s little more to the city than its greyness, busyness, & costliness. but if you know where to look, there’s a whole lotta green to be found. It’s nothing revolutionary, but I love being in nature. Growing up in the English countryside, I had the privilege of always being surrounded by it, though I didn’t actually start making the most of this until 2020. To...
Facebook removing some posts offering abortion pills
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to strip away constitutional protections for abortion, the platform is temporarily banning users who share status updates explaining how to legally obtain abortion pills in the mail. After months of speculation, the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe V Wade, the integral ruling from 1973 that gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion up to 24 weeks. Though the decision was not a surprise...
The brand turning reclaimed life jackets into a fashion statement
Founded by former refugee Mohamed Malim, Epimonia is a start-up dedicated to raising awareness about the global displacement crisis. Today, over 280 million people around the world live outside their home country. Most of them are migrants, people who choose to leave in search of better opportunities. A staggering 35 per cent (100 million) of them, however, are refugees. Those fleeing their native lands due to war,...
Opinion – the pandemic has dampened our zeal for life
Those of us who somehow avoided falling victim to the mental health crisis induced by years of on-off isolation have found ourselves emotionally coasting, a defence mechanism we developed to protect us from becoming overwhelmed that’s resulted in us feeling very little. In the aftermath of Covid and the mental health crisis it unsurprisingly induced, those of us still scrambling to pick up the pieces and make sense of it...
Somalia faces devastating famine amid ongoing drought
The UN has warned that only a ‘massive’ and immediate scaling-up of funds and humanitarian relief will avert rapidly escalating levels of malnutrition across the country. Following reports that Somali children are starving to death in front of aid workers, the UN has issued a warning that only a ‘massive’ and immediate scaling-up of funds and relief can save the country from famine. According to the intergovernmental organisation,...
Protestors in Ecuador defy state of emergency
Occasionally violent demonstrations against the government’s economic policies are ongoing, led by Indigenous groups now looking to overthrow President Guillermo Lasso. Amid rising inflation and unemployment, Indigenous groups in Ecuador have defied a state of national emergency imposed in three provinces as they continue to protest the government’s economic policies. The mass demonstrations demanding cheaper fuel and food are a response to rising poverty across the country, which has been...
Colombia elects former guerrilla as first left-wing president
After one of the most contested campaigns in the country’s recent history, ex-rebel Gustavo Petro has won the election with 50.47 per cent of the vote. Gustavo Petro, long-time legislator, and a former fighter in the M-19 militia who’s promised profound social and economic change, has won Colombia’s presidential election with 50.47 per cent of the vote. The victory makes him the South American country’s first leftist head of state and...
How tech is helping people with ‘normative discontent’
New research shows that unreliable body image perception is far more pervasive than initially assumed. Fortunately, state of the art digital therapy to tackle this is in the works. If you criticise your appearance every time you see your reflection – even in the smallest way – or feel constant unhappiness whenever glancing in the mirror, chances are you’re experiencing ‘normative discontent.’ The phrase, which was originally coined in the...
