Sophie Handford
PRONOUNS
Ia
LOCATION
Based in Wellington
Able to travel throughout New Zealand
SKILLS
Speaker, Panellist
SPEAKING TOPICS
Youth Leadership, Environmental Sustainability, Advocacy
SOCIAL LINKS
About
Sophie Handford is a 24-year-old Councillor, activist from Kāpiti, New Zealand.
She founded School Strike 4 Climate in Aotearoa NZ and went on to coordinate the movement which mobilised 170,000 people across the country in September of 2019, united for climate justice.
She then ran for Council at the age of 18 and was elected as one of Aotearoa’s youngest Councillors, onto the Kāpiti Coast District Council.
She’s now chairing its Strategy, Operations and Finance Committee.