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
Unpacking why everyone’s ‘very demure, very mindful’ online
Forget Brat summer, it’s time for another new trend. Hot on the heels of the brash and bold mentality that Charli XCX had us embracing with her latest album, its antithesis has blown up on TikTok, seeing users satirically favour modesty over lime green hedonism. I. Cannot. Keep. Up. In tangent with our social media addiction becoming an out-of-control one, the trend-cycle’s spiralled to a point that has...
Does the moon actually influence human health?
Researchers have long dismissed such claims but surprising new evidence suggests that the lunar cycle does in fact subtly affect sleep, menstruation, and certain mental illnesses. In astrology, the moon represents the inner world – namely our emotions. Understanding how to work with its 29.5-day cycle has always been the aim of the astrologically inclined, even more so in the 21st century, with the mystical services market estimated to be worth...
Is MDMA about to become medicine?
In 2021, a clinical trial uncovered the impressive efficacy of the club drug in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Three years later, and the F.D.A. is scheduled to make an announcement on whether it’s ready to move forward with approving Ecstasy for therapeutic use. In what’s poised to be a watershed moment in the nascent field of psychedelic medicine, MDMA-assisted therapy is facing an imminent F.D.A. decision. A decades-long campaign to legalise...
What’s the meaning behind Banksy’s latest stunt?
The anonymous street artist has claimed credit for three consecutive animal-themed artworks in three days. One theory is circulating on social media that the ‘London Zoo’ collection (as its been dubbed) reflects the parlous state of the UK amid ongoing far-right riots nationwide. This week, a number of animal-themed artworks have popped up around London. On Monday, a goat teetering on a ledge with rocks tumbling down beneath...
What is happening in Bangladesh?
Escalating clashes between police and anti-government protestors have resulted in more than two hundred deaths across the country, as initially peaceful student demonstrations transformed into a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience aimed at unseating autocratic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In 1971, the Bangladesh Liberation War – which saw a guerrilla resistance movement formed by Bengali military, paramilitary, and civilians fighting for the country’s independence from Pakistan – was won. Almost four...
Opinion – our phone addiction is out of control
In a world where scrolling has become second nature and our devices an extension of ourselves, we’ve become completely detached from both how dependent we are on being perpetually ‘connected’ and how negatively this is impacting us all. Last week, I finally did what I’ve been urging myself to do for years and deleted Instagram. Reading that back, it doesn’t sound like much, but doing so required a great deal...
Complex life on Earth may be 1.5 billion years older than thought
Previous studies suggest animal life did not emerge on Earth until around 635 million years ago. New research claims to have found new evidence deep within rocks showing environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago. As it currently stands, animals first showed up on Earth around 635 million years ago. Or did they? According to an international team of researchers, this previous estimate may need to be revised –...
Why is The 1975 facing a lawsuit?
The British rock band has been sued for $2.4 million by Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia over frontman Matty Healy’s protest against the country’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws last July.
The organiser of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has followed through with its threat to sue the 1975 and all its members individually for breaching their contract.
Future Sound Asia is seeking damages of $2.4 million (£1.9m), following frontman Matty Healy’s
What is happening in Venezuela?
Following the disputed result of the country’s presidential election – which saw Maduro secure another term in power – fresh protests have broken out in the capital.
Home to the largest oil reserves in the world and once the richest nation in South America, recent decades have seen Venezuela ‘collapse under the weight of its own corruption and the hollow promise of a socialist utopia’ (Richard Emblin,
Typhoon Gaemi devastates several countries in Asia
Worsening the torrential monsoon rains that are currently lashing China, Taiwan, and the Philippines, the tropical cyclone has triggered massive flooding and landslides, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and even sinking ships. A freak weather event in parts of Asia is devastating China, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Since it initially developed on Sunday, Typhoon Gaemi has been wreaking havoc, with the Philippines government forced to declare a state of calamity in its...
