Sophia Li | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | climate advocate, multimedia journalist, film director |
| Website | https://www.sophfei.com/ |
Sophia Li is a Chinese American journalist, film director and environmental advocate who lives in Brooklyn and Upstate New York. [1]
Sophia Li was born in Minnesota, United States. [2] She lived in the province of Shandong, China for two years before she came back to Minnesota before pre-school. [3] She graduated in 2013 from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising. [4] [5]
She worked as Entertainment Media Editor in Vogue for four years until 2017, when she went freelance. [6] [5] She also became co-founder of a television show about climate change named "All of the Above" with Céline Semaan Vernon which is aired on YouTube and its website. [7] They met at an event of HER where Li was a co-host with Babba Riveira and Semaan as the guest. At the same time, Li was also invited to become a board member of Slow Factory Foundation where Semaan became the founder. [8] Apart from being a member of Slow Factory, Li also became a board member of Better Shelter. [9]
She also became a host of the podcast "Climate talks" on Meta Platforms. [10]
Li was named as one of sixteen climate influencers to watch in 2022 by Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment partnered with Pique Action. [11]
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