Raised in Bogota, Colombia, Sofia has a B.A. in Communication and Journalism at Universidad Tadeo Lozano (Bogota, Colombia). She has worked in national and international productions of movies, documentaries, press and television; with experience on research and media production.
Sofia has worked in Africa, Latin America, United States and Europe. Her main interest is in stories with a social, political, historic and human focus. She has worked for Vice, Univision, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, Netflix and Arte and The New York Times amongst others.
Winner of the India Catalina award 2013 for best news and opinion program, "La Rebelión de las Ruanas", coverage of one of the largest farmer strikes in Colombia’s history.
In 2016, she was selected as one of the 15 woman journalists from around the world for "Historias del Agua" , organized by FNPI and "Chicas Poderosas", with the support of CAF-Development Bank for Latin America and OXFAM.
In 2016 she was chosen as one of the 25 judges for the Gabriel Garcia Marquez journalism award in the coverage section.
