Paula Sophia Schonauer

Paul means “small” or “humble” in Latin.

Sophia means “wisdom” in Greek.

So, as small is a synonym for little one might be able to translate the name Paula Sophia as Little Wisdom, and that is exactly what Paula needs to get through life. Her own namesake is a prayer for wisdom and patience, the tools needed to endure being a person who feels compelled to explore the frontiers of gender identity.

Paul explored the world as a soldier, a police officer, a minister. He did not realize that his toughest battle was with himself and to get out of it alive, he would have to surrender, to submit to the driving urge to recognize that he was actually she just embodied differently.

Paula is a poet, a dreamer, a renegade exploring the parameters of personal renaissance. She confronts the world one day at a time believing that one must live her truth and that integrity is priceless.