Sofia Rinvil

Sofia Rinvil

United States of America

Sofia Rinvil is a leader, advocate, entrepreneur, mentor, and philanthropist who has supported and better-marginalized individuals’ lives. Sofia is the 2021-2022 Global Goals Ambassador (SDG 17) for the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), where she strengthened the means of implementation and revitalized the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development and was elected as the Programming Officer for the Black Alumni Council (BAC) of Columbia University.

Sofia’s commitment to justice and human rights was inspired by her experiences growing up, which sparked a passion for business, law, and policy. Sofia has worked on the front lines of many of the world’s most critical global issues throughout the years. She advocates for the health, education, global poverty reduction, civil and human rights of underprivileged communities at the local, state, and federal levels.

Sofia is currently serving at a nonprofit pro bono civil legal services provider in New York City, working to enhance volunteer resources targeted to the small businesses and entrepreneurs to help expand and fortify the Project’s network of partners, including law firms, corporate, community partners, and bringing volunteer legal services to impacted small business owners and low-income residents of New York City.

Among other accomplishments, she supported the intake and litigation in its statewide Representative Project that provided essential legal representation to low-income individuals in the state of New Jersey; she was also fortunate enough to have served as a Coordinator for the Mayor’s Office of Jersey City and convene focus groups with stakeholders to qualitatively assess needs and develop a framework for new citizens’ outreach engagement.

After serving two years as the Scholarship Committee member for the National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP), she was appointed the Director of Scholarship Programs overseeing the whole program. She owns a private business and is the Former Miss Haiti New York City International 2020 Contestant at Haiti International Pageants.

Sofia also volunteers her time to young scholars as a Mentor to college and graduate students. She has used her legal education to volunteer as a Court Appointed Advocate to help foster children in the court system.

Sofia has held various Board and volunteer leadership positions with several organizations, including the American Cancer Society, American Constitution Society, America Needs You, Linkedin, University of Southern California, Harvard University, and many more.

She holds separate degrees in Political Science, Global Affairs and Human Security, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Law from different prominent universities. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, binge-watching shows, and boxing.