Fairuze Sofia has lived in South Florida since she was in middle  school and graduated from Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach,  Florida. Following high school, she studied International Relations at  Florida International University where she was inducted into the  prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society and graduated with high honors.  While a student at FIU, Fairuze studied abroad in Paris at L'Institut  d'Etudes Politiques de Paris taking courses entirely in French.

Fairuze attended law school at the University of Florida Levin  College of Law in Gainesville, Florida. While in law school, Fairuze  participated in the UF Honor Court first as a member of the Attorney  General's Staff and then as the Chief Defense Counsel. She was also  awarded the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for  advanced Portuguese language study. Following her second year of law  school, Fairuze worked as a law clerk at the NASA Kennedy Space Center  Office of the Chief Counsel in Cape Canaveral, Florida where she worked  on everything from labor disputes to government contracts (and stood on  the launchpad next to the shuttle!).

During her last year  of law school, Fairuze earned the book award in her "Trial Practice"  course. She was also a Certified Legal Intern at the Public Defender's  Office in Gainesville, Florida. Following law school, Fairuze worked as  an Assistant Public Defender in Broward County where she aggressively  represented her clients at both the misdemeanor and felony levels.  Following her time at the Public Defender's Office, Fairuze briefly  worked for the immigration law firm of Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger,  Tetzeli & Pratt. 

Fairuze speaks Portuguese,  Spanish, and French and has lived abroad in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Paris,  France. In her spare time, she likes to travel and attend concerts.

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