Sophia Petros joined Independent Diplomat as a Policy Associate in 2021, working on the Refugee, Climate, and Women, Peace, and Security files. She previously worked at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, as a field organizer on a political campaign, and wrote for the publication Circle of Blue. In 2019, she was a Harvard/CASA Historical Memory fellow in Argentina. Sophia graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in 2020, with a B.A. in Global Art & Politics and a B.A. in Art History. She is a native English speaker, and also speaks Spanish and Modern Greek.