Sofia grew up in Nassau, Bahamas. Her father is Bahamian (Austrian parents) and her mother is Uruguayan. She went away to school in Austria at 14 years old, then attended high school in Uruguay, college in New York City finished her bachelors in Business and Marketing in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sofia returned to Bahamas in 2015 and currently works as an artist and photographer based in The Exumas Islands.
She completed various short photography courses in New York City, Montevideo and Vienna but believes that experimentation and self expression is the most important part of photography.
Project Bahama Mama was a two year long journey which began in November 2015. This coffee table book shines a light on the more authentic Bahamas through the portraits and wisdom from the mothers that hold the country together. The project has taken Sofia through the majority of the islands of the Bahamas, a journey that she states “she needed to make". It has made her love the people of her country all the more and want to show the rest of the world just how amazing it is. The book was the first of it's genre in the Bahamas and has sold 2700 copies. She is currently working on her second Coffee Table Book, "Bahama Papa", the men's side of the story. Sofia's mission is to cultivate the artistic and cultural scene of the Bahamas and showcase the Bahamas from a deeper lens than just it's crystal clear beaches. She currently sells photographic prints and books from the Exumas.
