Katerina Sofos

Katerina Sofos discovered her passion for the environment in the fourth grade and found her love for fieldwork during undergraduate studies while assisting a graduate student in Churchill, Manitoba. She spent three summers working in the subarctic tundra and boreal forest, forming friendships with researchers—and even encountering polar bears. These experiences inspired her to pursue a Master’s degree in Geography at York University, where she studied climate change and the vulnerabilities of northern communities. In 2023, she worked in northern B.C. contributing to wetland assessments using the Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol (WESP) and the Canadian National Wetland Inventory (CNWI). She later became a Field Crew Lead and developed a strong interest in northern bogs and Indigenous collaboration. Katerina hopes to become a Registered Professional Biologist and one day chase tornadoes in Oklahoma.