Sophie grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and the southwest of France. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2019 with a B.A. in political economy and a minor in city planning. She has worked in public sector strategy consulting and state and local transportation planning and service design. She is also a tenant organizer, with experience organizing tenant associations, eviction defenses, requisition demands, and rent strikes in both the U.S. and France. This past summer, Sophie worked as a graduate intern at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. She is hoping to pursue a career in comparative research in Europe and the U.S. with a focus on housing financialization, land-use, social housing, and migrant resettlement.