Sophie Greenspan (she/her) is a designer, illustrator, muralist, and therapist-in-training. Her work facilitates community participation through the framework of design justice, seeking to listen and amplify community visions. Through a focus on public space, urban planning, vernacular art and map-making, she believes that art and storytelling can imagine new futures into being.

Sophie arrived in Philadelphia after nearly a decade in Mexico City, where she was co-founder of a community muraling collective (Mi Calle Nuestra Calle). She created the definitive map of Mexico City’s imaginative street names, collaborated on mutual aid iniciatives, and was a founding member of the Sindicato de Miniaturistas, a dedicated union for miniature enthusiasts.