Sophia New: Trike Patrol

Not everything she met could be fixed with a toolkit or a smile. Once, a dispute escalated between two vendors into a shouting match that threatened to spill into violence. Sophia arrived on her trike and, with the practiced cadence of someone who’d negotiated peace between stubborn cousins, separated the parties, offered water, and guided them through a quick, equitable solution. She never took credit; the street simply calmed.