Sophia Paliza-Carre

Sophia is an associate producer for Radio Rookies, the unit of WNYC's newsroom that works with young people to teach them how to make radio stories about their own lives. She's also reported on gentrification and housing for WNYC's Affordability Project, by embedding in neighborhoods across New York City. Previous to that, she was chosen as a lead producer for AIR's Localore project, a national public radio initiative to focus on hyper-local storytelling in diverse communities.

She's worked at Arizona Public Media, storytelling non-profit The Moth, and in digital mapping in a previous life. She holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University.