Sophia Hyder Hock
Sophia Hyder Hock is the Founder/CEO of Papilia, a company that designs and facilitates innovative diversity and inclusion programs for travel organizations, destinations, and content creators around the world, with a primary purpose to harness the strength of human connection for sustained personal and professional growth.
As an international yoga and meditation instructor, Sophia incorporates wellness ideologies into all her projects as a holistic way to inspire people to be their best self through life’s many challenges. Her love for travel started at the age of 10 when she moved from California to Sri Lanka. Since then, Sophia has been to 35+ countries and plans to inspire her toddler to be a citizen of the world through mindful travel and learning about his Bengali-American heritage.
Her written work focuses on her travel observations and experiences as a Bengali-American, DEI practitioner, yoga instructor, and Mom. She has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Visit Charlottesville, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Moon Travel Guides, and Matador Network.
