Sophie Bartholomaus
Senior Fellow
Sophie Bartholomaus is a graduate of Roanoke College where she earned a B.A. in Public Health. She has a desire to aid and educate communities which is rooted in her work with the Local Environmental Agriculture Program (LEAP), a nonprofit located in southwest Virginia. Through her work with LEAP, she was able to inform the local public on the importance of local, sustainable farming along with bringing green spaces and community gardens to areas with food insecurity. Through working with various nonprofits, she has gained experience in program development, grant proposal writing, budgeting, and community outreach. As a student, she was able to not only gain these skills, but also expand on them to see what primary level implementations may be needed to promote positive impacts.