Sophie has been with MAIP since 2018. Prior to that, she was an Investigator at DC's Children's Law Center, where she assisted guardians ad litem in representation of children in family court. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy. After several years in a PhD program focused on philosophical analyses of race, gender, and oppression, she left to pursue a career in legal solutions to those issues. She specializes in trauma-informed interviewing and creative, in-depth research that blends traditional sources with the ever-expanding range of internet and social media content. Sophie conducts trainings on strategies for open source intelligence investigation.