Sophia supports Indigenous student recruitment at York University, where she works to connect prospective Indigenous students with meaningful opportunities, support and community at York. 

A graduate of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo, Sophia’s background includes advocacy and community-based work alongside refugees, women experiencing gender-based violence, children and youth, and Indigenous communities, including literacy programming for Inuit children and youth in Inukjuak. 

Through reconnecting with her own ancestry and growing up alongside her cousins, she developed a passion for bringing a thoughtful and relationship-centred approach to her work, which includes supporting, advocating for and welcoming Indigenous students to York.