Sophia Smith Galer is a multi-award-winning reporter, author and TikTok creator based in London – making content for over 400,000 followers around the world. Her videos have been seen over 75 million times.

Sophia began her career at the BBC, working as a social media producer and then religion reporter, where she reported on the complexities of contemporary faith across the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 and BBC World News.

The first BBC reporter to start experimenting with TikTok, she quickly became its pioneer and has been recognised across international press and governments for her use of the app as a newsgathering and storytelling platform.

She is now a Senior News Reporter at VICE World News covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is the author of Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century, published this year by Harper Collins.

Sophia is HEFAT trained and is also accredited to deliver Relationships and Sex Education from acet UK.