Ana Sofía Barrows, CCIP (she/her) is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategist with 8 years of experience building inclusive practices in academic, regulatory, and corporate environments. She is currently Director, Accessibility Inclusion at CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind). 

She has led multiple initiatives focused on advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM, such as bringing the first SoapBox Science to North America and managing the first three symposiums on EDI in STEM at the Canadian Science Policy Conference and has spoken about the importance of inclusion in multiple channels such as CBC's On the Money, CBC radio, and multiple conferences and panels.

Ana Sofia is the co-author of the article, So, you want to host an inclusive and accessible conference? published in FACETS Journal, and she has written for publications such as the Canadian Science Policy Centre, and Latinos Magazine.

Previously , Ana Sofia was an instructor at the Rotman School of Management’s executive program Inclusion by Design, where she teaches Human-centred Design Thinking, and in the Public Sector Directors Leadership Program, where she teaches EDI in Organizations, and at Rotman Commerce, where she teaches the upper year undergraduate course RSM 362: Leading Across Differences.

Barrows holds a Master of Education, Social Justice Education, from the University of Toronto and has a Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional (CCIP) designation. She has a multidisciplinary educational background in Medical Physics.