Sofía Betancourt is an American minister and professor who is the tenth president of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
[2] While completing her MDiv, Betancourt served as intern minister at the UU Church of Berkeley, California.
[6] In these positions, she taught courses on ethics and liberation, womanism and Earth justice, Latina feminist theologies, and combating oppression.
[citation needed] In 2017, when the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association resigned a few months before the end of the term amid a call to reckon with the impacts of white supremacy culture on the systems and structures of Unitarian Universalism, the UUA Board appointed Betancourt, Leon Spencer, and William Sinkford as interim co-presidents.
[8] Most recently, Betancourt served as a Resident Scholar and Special Advisor on Justice and Equity at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.