Sophia Thraya is an educator, educational researcher, and current graduate student at the Werklund School of Education within the Learning Sciences. Sophia’s research interests are situated in identity and language, marginalized learners' educational experiences, land-based place-making, leveraging lived and intergenerational knowledges in disciplinary spaces, social justice, and equity in education with a specific focus on experiences of refugee children within educational spaces. Sophia’s associations and position with and within community(s) has shaped the ways in which she has approached her research, community engagement, and educational practice.