Hi, I'm Sofia.

I'm deeply interested in the way humans learn, and how this can inform better digital educational experiences. Online learning has been restricted by historical human-computer learning formats, leading to passive training as a default. I'm exploring how we can use AI to build a more effective online education modality that taps into our neurological learning pathways and drives better outcomes.

• I'm currently building out the enterprise learning vertical at BrightCarbon, where I founded my Head of Learning role. I spend a lot of time thinking about how we can build training that hacks our brain's learning mechanisms. Watch my talks on the Neuroscience of Learning here and the Neuroscience of Gamification here.
• I've spent my career developing learning programs for various F500 companies, at every stage of enterprise training.
• I've been playing around with AI-assisted learning design and development workflows, and recently collaborated with Claude Fable to build a short module on AI Access Strategy for Business Leaders.
• While independently researching and experimenting in the space of the future of online learning, I developed Glyph, a prototype AI authoring tool enabling educators to create dynamic, gamified, microlearning interactives.
• I recently learned how to vibe code, and built my friends Benchletter, a private social newsletter. Please get in touch if you'd like to try it out!
• In another life, I was an underwater archaeologist. I did my bachelor's and master's at Oxford, where I wrote my master's dissertation on original research on the late Byzantine tradition of ship graffiti in Albania (under Damien Robinson). I worked on excavations, some on land and most underwater, under Justin Liedwanger (Stanford), Colin Renfrew (Cambridge), Julian Thomas (Manchester), Irena Radić Rossi (Zadar), and Hristina Angelova (CUA).
• Cofounded Anthroposphere, Oxford's interdisciplinary climate magazine, now on its 10th edition.
• I ran my own freelance photography business full time alongside my master's to fund my degree. I now mostly shoot film, and irregularly update my photojournal, earthsnail. Every now and then, I dabble in brand adventure photography.
• I was born in Hong Kong, and I'm a British, Bulgarian, and New Zealand citizen. I've lived in HK, Bulgaria, Turkey, and the UK, and now spend half the year in Vancouver and the rest hopping around. My accent confuses everyone, including me.

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