Sofia Pignataro

Sofia Pignataro has been a Volunteer Data Analyst with Negotiation Works since January 2021. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has two Bachelor's degrees, one in Marketing, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and one in Statistics, from the Brazilian National School of Statistical Sciences. Sofia has worked in advanced analytics for five years, helping companies monitor and improve their processes and services. In Brazil, Sofia worked as a Data Science Analyst at Accenture, and she is currently based out of New Jersey, where she works in the Analytical Solutions Consulting team at Ciena, extracting strategic information from telecom data to obtain optimized network migration plans. Sofia was drawn to Negotiation Works not only because volunteering as a data analyst lets her apply data analysis skills to improving people’s lives, but also because she loves the organization’s mission to empower individuals so they can advocate for themselves and others around them. Sofia enjoys measuring the impact of Negotiation Works’ programs and producing reports to communicate those results, and she hopes that doing so will allow more people to learn about the benefits of Negotiation Works’ programs. Sofia truly believes that the best way to help society is to give tools and confidence to individuals so they can be the agents of change in their own lives - and she thinks Negotiation Works does both of these pretty well!