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Sophia Tupuola is a first-generation Sāmoan-American, born and raised in public housing on the unceded land of the Ramaytush Ohlone, known as Bayview Hunters Point in San Francisco, CA. Sophia’s liberation work for the Black and Brown body and community ignited as a response to her experience living through systemic inequity and the prevailing premature death of her family and community members. Her work and art includes grassroot capacity building, facilitating, organizing, and co-creating space between impacted community members and bureaucracy to share in decision making power. Sophia is a Mama, Warrior and World Maker.
“SOPHIA IS A MAMA, WARRIOR AND WORLD MAKER.”
Reclaiming her space: birthing through a pandemic Story and Visuals by Sarabeth Maney
Midway Village x Fia x Civic Design
Sunnydale HUB x Fia x Civic Design
New Mural by Afatasi The Artist Showcases Her Community’s Experience, History, and Cultural Identity SFPUC
Prenatal exposure to social adversity and infant cortisol in the first year of life National Library of Medicine
A resident of Bayview-Hunters Point and a mom who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sophia has served on the Community Advisory Board at the California Preterm Birth Initiative for 2 years. Like a sister to many, Sophia talks about the impacts of growing up in the Bayview, how she has grown to call out injustice, and why she doesn't take the future for granted.