Leadership and Performance Coaching for Innovators in the Cultural Sector and Beyond.

Gain clarity and confidence as you lead through complexity — with grounded support to help deepen your impact.

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How can coaching support your work…

Artists & Entrepreneurs

 • Channel your energy effectively to maintain emotional and logistical sustainability.

 • Refine your focus to uncover and maintain clarity around your goals.

• Envision and build structures that liberate creativity and maximize your potential.

• Articulate and convey the value of your original contributions to collaborators, customers, and contributors.  

Arts & Culture Managers

 • Support effective communication between diverse stakeholders, from the creatives shaping your products and the communities you serve, to corporate partners and funding entities.

• Operate from a mindset of abundance by staying connected to your own creativity and passion.

• Build sustainability into your business structures by creating systems and solutions that align with artistic needs.

Business & Corporate Leaders

 • Access new pathways of creativity and freedom of thought to inspire greater innovation.

• Enhance self-awareness, define your values and lead from the heart, accessing the clarity and confidence to embrace risk.

• Welcome and channel emotions as deep sources of wisdom and pathways of connection to self and others, elevating alignment, teamwork, and collaboration.

Curious how this work shows up in real life? Here’s what past clients have experienced.

  • “Sofia is a person with a lot of empathy and great listening skills. She has the ability to sift through the noise that surrounds so much of our work in the cultural sector...This ability to reflect, dissect, and clarify is really helpful.”

    Cara Ober, Founding Editor & Publisher, BmoreArt Magazine

  • “Sofia’s approach was to lean into my strengths to help me problem-solve. There was clarity about our work together…and commitment to coaching me in a way that supported my core values. Sofia takes an anti-racist and anti-misogynoir approach to her work. She helped me to identify my own deal breakers for where I will best succeed as a professional.”

    Izetta Autumn Mobley, Ph.D.

  • “In the aftermath of losing my job, I felt overwhelmed by uncertainty and self-doubt. Sofia’s thoughtful questions, insightful reflections, and practical tools helped me shift my perspective from despair to possibility. She didn’t just coach me toward my next professional step, but illuminated the strengths and passions I’d lost sight of along the way. Any prospective client seeking a partner in resilience and growth will be incredibly fortunate to work with Sofia.”

    Lightwell Mpofu, Social Impact Leader and Global Development Strategist

  • “Sofia expertly designed and co-facilitated a crucial conversation for our bluegrass band of five, helping us open communication in a way that felt productive and insightful. The two-hour session has already shown promising signs of fostering better collaboration. We are genuinely optimistic that this will help us to blossom as a band, and we deeply appreciate her guidance!”

    Dan Henderson, Fiddler, Pictrola Band

  • “Sofia’s warm, calm, thoughtful manner and her ability to synthesize and reframe what I shared into insightful responses helped clarify my thoughts when I couldn’t identify the words myself. I would wholeheartedly recommend Sofia as a coach to colleagues in my network. I was nervous going into this process but emerged stronger, more confident in my particular leadership style, and better equipped to bring my team along.”

    Anne McDonough, Cultural Sector Deputy Director

  • “Sofia helped me navigate through a difficult professional transition. She brought a genuine desire to help me reach my goals, a clear understanding of what I was trying to accomplish, and a Socratic approach to supporting me in identifying solutions. She was extremely professional while also creating a platform for openness, vulnerability, and wholistic expression.”

    Ellington Carthan, Assistant Professor of Music, St Mary’s College of Maryland