No blueprint. No problem.
Pakistani on one side and Mexican on the other. Muslim woman born and raised in LA County.
No MBA, no network, and no name-brand internship. Just hard work and a huge passion for this space.
Eleven years across operations, entrepreneurship, and venture with nearly six of them inside VC. I've built the engine that helps capital reach the people the rooms overlook, across platform, programs, and operations.
Sofia Haq is a founder, operator, and investor. She is the Founder & CEO of Muslim Women Professionals (MWP), the fastest growing organization for Muslim women in the country, with a following spanning more than 100 countries and five chapters across the US. Known as Your Hermana/Baji in VC, she makes venture accessible to the people it has long overlooked, demystifying how the industry works, who gets hired, and how to find a way in. A daughter of Pakistani and Mexican immigrants raised in Southern California, she has built a career at the intersection of venture capital, community building, and advocacy, becoming one of the most recognized Muslim women in the VC ecosystem today.
Sofia spent nearly six years inside venture, most recently as an investor and Senior Program Manager at Slauson & Co., where she evaluated early stage companies and designed founder programs. She previously held roles at Vamos Ventures and XRC Ventures.
In 2026, she was named to EqualityX’s Global 100 Most Influential Muslims list, after being recognized on its Top 50 Most Influential Muslims list three consecutive years. She received the MuslimARC Social Justice Connector Award and was selected for the Negocios Now Los Angeles Latinos 40 Under 40 list. She is a current fellow of the NAIC Women in Alternatives UP Fellowship and an alumna of the Included VC Fellowship and the Riordan MBA Fellows Program at UCLA Anderson, and studied International Business at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been featured in Forbes and Business Insider, and is a sought after speaker on venture capital, careers in venture, identity, and community.
Her work is grounded in a single conviction: that the people who will define the next generation of innovation are often the ones who couldn’t get in the room. She has spent her career making sure they do.