Born in Manila and inspired by the life-changing power of well-designed interior spaces, Sophia Calima completed her Interior Design degree from the renowned Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy. Driven by a desire to find synergy between modern, western and eastern sensibilities, she went on to learn first-hand from global design luminaries

Her time in Chicago, Milan, Manila, Singapore, and Cebu imbued her with a distinctive design approach and methodology

In 2017, one of her projects was recognised as “one of the best condominium units” by a Philippine publication. A year after, she was selected by Mega Publishing as one of the “Home Designers That Should be on Your Radar.” She served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts with NCCA, under the office of the Philippine President. In 2021, she completed an advanced diploma in holistic interior design from the United Kingdom’s Holistic Design Institute. It’s led by an author and a pioneer in the field of Holistic Design, environmental and colour psychology, colour therapy. In 2021, she joined La Consolacion College Bacolod, Philippines as a part time faculty in interior design. In 2022, she completed a certificate course in Fundamentals of Project Management from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines

She spends her free time learning about health, well-being, meditation, personal finance and visiting beautiful places for r&r and designspiration