Sophia Lafontant

Senior Advisor

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Sophia Lafontant is a Senior Advisor at Oxfam America currently living in Western Massachusetts with her husband and two daughters. Her areas of focus are strategic alliances and partnerships.

In her over a decade long career in international development, she has led Behind the Brands (a global campaign targeting the top ten food corporations), led advocacy efforts to support the people of Haiti following the Haiti earthquake of 2010, and educated and organized thousands of college students on a whole host of social justice issues.

When she isn't working, she loves spending time with her big Haitian family or traveling with her husband and daughters. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from American University and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from St. Edwards University.