Sophia Ashebir

Technical Associate I, MIT AgeLab

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E40-275G Cambridge, MA 02139

Sophia Ashebir is a Technical Associate at the MIT AgeLab. At the Lab, she is involved in research related to caregiving, vaccines and preventive health, and long term care. Sophia co-coordinates the 85+ Lifestyle Leaders Panel and the AgeLab's Aging and Equity speaker series, as well as runs the Instagram (follow us at @mitagelab)! She earned her BA degree from Wellesley College, where she studied Economics and Comparative Race and Ethnicity.

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