Sophia Andreazza

“As a lesbian woman born and raised in Brazil, I grew up with very few positive references of women who were like me, who felt like me. I never want another girl to feel so alone and strange, so I try to be and create the references I never had. But visibility and shallow representation are not enough: we need to show not just our struggles as a community, but our happiness, and the hopes for a better tomorrow.”

Meet Sophia

Sophia Andreazza (she/her) is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a bachelor's degree from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP. Key themes in her illustrations include lesbian representation, visibility and imagination, feminism, veganism, and mental health. Her past clients include United Nations, Erasmus+, AWID, SALTO Youth, Telecine, and many others.

With her project for Adobe Stock Artist Development Fund, Sophia hopes to raise even more awareness of the importance of positive representation of different bodies, genders and ways of living and existing in the world. Her projects will focus on the Celebration of Self, Circles of Activism, and Joyful Rhythm creative briefs to present queer people in more positive ways, happily engaged in a variety of activities. Sophia says, “As a lesbian woman born and raised in Brazil, I grew up with very few positive references of women who were like me, who felt like me. I never want another girl to feel so alone and strange, so I try to be and create the references I never had. But visibility and shallow representation are not enough: we need to show not just our struggles as a community, but our happiness, and the hopes for a better tomorrow.”

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