Sophia Zaia
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Credentials
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Team Diagnostic Survey Level 2
Team Diagnostic Survey Level 2
Experience
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PowerLabs
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Consultant
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Nov 2022 - Present
Assistant Consultand and Team Coach at PowerLabs. PowerLabs helps organizers design and run people-powered campaigns. We provide training, coaching and strategic planning support to build the capacity of organizations, leaders and networks. Assistant Consultand and Team Coach at PowerLabs. PowerLabs helps organizers design and run people-powered campaigns. We provide training, coaching and strategic planning support to build the capacity of organizations, leaders and networks.
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Sunrise Movement
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United States
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Political Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Organizing Director
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Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
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Distributed Director
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May 2022 - Oct 2022
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Movement Onboarding Manager
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Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
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Voter Contact Director
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Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
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Coordinated Electoral Organizer
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Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
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Pennsylvania State Director
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Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
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Alumni Volunteer Intern
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2022
Connect prospective and transfer students with alumni interviewers across the globe using Argos.
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Spanish Tutor
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2022
Tutor students of intermediate Spanish either weekly or on an as-needed basis.
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Swarthmore Mountain Justice
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Swarthmore College
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Lead Campus Organizer
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Sep 2014 - Dec 2022
Strategize to push for divestment from fossil fuels at the Swarthmore College campus through campus organizing, social media, negotiation and artistic projects. Part of the Escalation Core coordinating national strategy for the divestment movement. Strategize to push for divestment from fossil fuels at the Swarthmore College campus through campus organizing, social media, negotiation and artistic projects. Part of the Escalation Core coordinating national strategy for the divestment movement.
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Journalist
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
Covering events occurring throughout Rio with a special focus on community organizing, resistance to the Olympic Games and favelas. Writer, photographer, and assistant researcher on a Media Monitoring project researching how favelas have been portrayed in six major online media outlets since 2011. Covering events occurring throughout Rio with a special focus on community organizing, resistance to the Olympic Games and favelas. Writer, photographer, and assistant researcher on a Media Monitoring project researching how favelas have been portrayed in six major online media outlets since 2011.
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English Teaching Volunteer
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Taught English to hotel employees while working alongside them in the kitchen and as a tour guide. Creating a labeling system in the kitchen to help employees improve their vocabulary. Taught English to hotel employees while working alongside them in the kitchen and as a tour guide. Creating a labeling system in the kitchen to help employees improve their vocabulary.
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Extern
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Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
at a nonprofit which provides information and legal assistance to teens seeking a judicial bypass for their abortion in the state of Texas. Reviewed and suggested edits for the Spanish-language translation of the website, made anonymous calls to check whether sexual health clinics would provide accurate information to a teen seeking birth control without parental permission, helped with secretarial tasks. at a nonprofit which provides information and legal assistance to teens seeking a judicial bypass for their abortion in the state of Texas. Reviewed and suggested edits for the Spanish-language translation of the website, made anonymous calls to check whether sexual health clinics would provide accurate information to a teen seeking birth control without parental permission, helped with secretarial tasks.
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Quote Estimator and Translator
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Created quotes for industrial parts by researching pricing and communicating with vendors and clients. Calculated quotes based on shipping costs, price, quantity and the net total purchased from each vendor. •Translated emails into Spanish for piers, assisted manager with data organization. Created quotes for industrial parts by researching pricing and communicating with vendors and clients. Calculated quotes based on shipping costs, price, quantity and the net total purchased from each vendor. •Translated emails into Spanish for piers, assisted manager with data organization.
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Waitress and Carryout Server
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Sep 2011 - Jan 2014
Worked as waitress, hostess and managed carryout orders. Responsibilities included taking food orders, running food, organizing carry-out items and general cleaning. Worked as waitress, hostess and managed carryout orders. Responsibilities included taking food orders, running food, organizing carry-out items and general cleaning.
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Private English Tutor
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Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Provided biweekly English lessons to two intermediate students while living in Singapore. Provided biweekly English lessons to two intermediate students while living in Singapore.
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Co-Director of Nonprofit Organization
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Fundraised $60,000 for a children’s home in Oaxaca, Mexico needing to buy a second piece of land. ● Organized a benefit concert by Thales Smith. ● Publicized by blogging and using other social media platforms, handing out wristbands at Austin City Limits Festival, designing flyers and two television appearances on the local news show TWC. ● Informational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpA2sOBhutg ● Article on TWC: “Student hopes to change generation with compassion” austin.twcnews.com ● Volunteered at Casa Hogar, Hijos de la Luna in Oaxaca, Mexico 2009-2013 ● Helped the children play nicely, led group activities and provided care for over 100 hours. Appalachia Service Project June 2011 and 2012 ● Two-week trips into the Appalachian Mountains. Fundraised $500 prior. ● Participants split into teams to help caulk, drywall, floor, insulate, gut, roof and otherwise repair the homes of underserved families in Kentucky.
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Education
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Swarthmore College
High School, Sociology and Anthropology, Spanish Language and Literature, Political Science -
BirthMark Doula Training
Certified as Birth Doula, Birth and Post-Partum Doula Training -
Six Team Conditions
Team Diagnostic Survey Certified Practioner