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
NASA hires theologians to prepare humanity for extra-terrestrial life
A priest and other religious experts have been called on to determine how different religions around the world would react to contact with aliens. As favourable as it is to live in blissful ignorance and choose to disregard the fact that we’re tiny creatures on a rock floating through space, at one point or another I’m sure you’ve been hit by the mind-blowing reality that there’s a vast amount...
Scientists discover perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo
Believed to be between 66 and 72 million years old, the fossil was found in southern China and offers new insight into the very first stages of animal life on Earth. On Tuesday, scientists announced the discovery of the most complete dinosaur embryo ever found, tucked into a position that's strikingly similar to today’s unhatched chickens. Found in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou in southern China, the fossil – which...
Zara makes party dresses from pollution
The fast fashion giant has partnered with LanzaTech on a capsule collection featuring fabric made from recycled steel plant carbon emissions. If you read about H&M’s shift to sustainability last month, like me, you may be feeling somewhat relieved that fast fashion appears to have heard our unceasing cries and is gearing up to adopt environmentally-friendlier practices in the new year. While there is, of course, a...
Italy approves ban on fur production
Amid a growing movement by Italian fashion houses to ditch the material, senators have voted to close down the country’s ten remaining mink farms within six months.
The time has finally come. Over the past few years, almost every top designer from Chanel to Prada has shed animal fur from their collections.
Sugaring the pill, the state of California has outright banned it, Queen Elizabeth II has
Former student activist to become Chile’s youngest president
Progressive left-winger Gabriel Boric is seeking to overhaul the country’s privatised economic system in an attempt to amplify social welfare. Signalling Chile’s sharp shift to the left, a 35-year-old former student activist has just been elected president. Receiving 56 percent of the vote – a clear 12 points ahead of his conservative rival, José Antonio Kast – he will become one of the youngest heads of state when he takes...
European supermarkets pull Brazilian products linked to deforestation
Amid concerns regarding the Amazon rainforest’s destruction and in an effort to cut CO2 emissions, Sainsbury’s, Carrefour, and Lidl are among the grocery stores taking action. At this November’s Cop26 summit, more than 100 world leaders vowed to end deforestation by 2030 – a commitment that governments and private companies backed with $19 billion. However, given how poorly these strategies have worked in the past, it’s unsurprising that forest loss...
Beauty taps into the metaverse
Blurring the boundaries between real and virtual, the future of the internet has already caught the attention of cosmetics brands determined to keep tech-savvy consumers interested. As in a large majority of sectors, the worlds of beauty and technology have collided at an accelerating pace during the last few years. Infused with the power of Silicon Valley, the global cosmetics market is now estimated to reach a staggering $650 billion...
The hashtag destigmatising mental health medication
#PostYourPill has been making the rounds on social media this month. What is this viral trend and how is it seeking to change the way we view antidepressants? In 2021, some may say that the mental health conversation is a double-edged sword. This is because while arguably more work has been done during the last twelve months to eliminate stigma than in recent decades, never before have so many of...
Are major fashion brands contributing to deforestation in the Amazon?
New research into the industry’s complex global supply chains has revealed that a number of well-known companies could be indirectly spurring the rainforest’s destruction. Post-Cop26, it’s no surprise that fashion – notorious for its substantial environmental impact – has been in the limelight. Yet while it’s undoubtedly progressive that the industry is no longer able to conceal the level at which it’s contributing to the climate crisis, news of its...
This desert is a dumping ground for fast fashion’s leftovers
Deep within Chile’s arid Atacama, new dunes are forming – not of sand, but of thousands of tonnes of unsold clothing from across the globe. By now, I’m sure you’re already well-aware that the world is literally drowning in clothes. Though recycling programmes have existed for decades now, with little means of recycling jeans or dresses, of the 100 billion garments bought annually, 92 million tonnes of them get thrown...
