Sofia, from Massachusetts will be a senior at Columbia University. Her career goal is to be involved in sustainable development. In high school, she was involved in numerous activities, ranging from being a global ambassador for SPI International to being a marketing intern for the Valley Syrian Relief Committee. At Columbia, she’s maintained a 4.0 average while being involved in multiple sustainable development organizations. She also was accepted to the highly competitive Columbia Global Collaboratory (2020/2021), a forum for learning about global issues from international experts and peers around the world and was a recipient of the Distinguished New Student Scholarship at Columbia University (2020/2021) based on academic achievement and character.