I’m Sophia Ebanks.

I was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. I’m the youngest of 3 sisters. My family is from Jamaica but sadly, I have never been there myself. One day, hopefully.

City College is the first public school I have ever attended. Before this, I went an all-girls Catholic high school in the Throggs Neck area of the Bronx. Prior to that, a Lutheran school in Morris Park. While in high school, I became involved in step, an African-American form of dance. I also enjoyed singing as part of a Gospel Choir. I sort of miss people singing randoms bits of our songs or stopping me to show me part of a step they learned from watching our performances as I walked through the halls.

After competing for first time in 10 years, our Step Team placed 3rd in the “Break the Stage” competition.

In my spare time, I usually try to read a few books. My favorite author ever is Toni Morrison. Recently, I have been trying to read more books about meditation and spirituality, and I feel that it is a very interesting world of its own. I also try to keep up with my blog posts. I write on a site I created called Wielded Power, a blog I made after the George Zimmerman case two summers ago. And another one called Relics of Truth where I like to post some of my poetry. If you want to take a look at them, here they are:

Wielded Power
Relics of Truth
(That’s the end of my shameless plug)

When I’m not doing that I’m either taking long naps, trying to make several different styles with my hair, or traveling around the city to find places to eat and attend events with friends.

After a long day walking through the Village and over the Brooklyn Bridge, I was so glad someone could capture this money shot.

I’m majoring in Anthropology, and I hope to double minor in public policy and journalism. I hope to travel the world with my camera soon and honestly just write about what I see, mainly race, class, gender, culture, and politics. Anything that catches my attention really. But my dream is really to get involved with young women in urban areas, especially teenage girls, and set up recreational centers for them in their own neighborhoods; maybe even get involved in bettering the public education system of New York at the high school level.