Bio

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.”

Articles

Reclaiming her space: birthing through a pandemic Story and Visuals by Sarabeth Maney

Permanent Public Art Installations

Midway Village x Fia x Civic Design

Sunnydale HUB x Fia x Civic Design

In Collaboration

Fourth and Final Installment of Southeast Treatment Plant Construction Fence Temporary Public Art Program Mural Unveiled on Evans Avenue in Bayview-Hunters Point SFAC

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