Sofia Zobel-Elizalde has been dancing, teaching and raising funds for dancers from all walks of life over the past two decades through her STEPS Dance Studio. Her Steps Scholarship Foundation, established in partnership with The Ayala Foundation’s Center for Excellence (CENTEX), provides for students’ primary education. The foundation also opened a dance school in Centex Batangas, offering students free lessons in music and dance.

The foundation runs scholarship programmes for disadvantaged children. Among their former students are Elwince Magbitang and Raye Vince Pelegrin, who have been training at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School since they were noticed by Filipina-American ballet dancer Stella Abrera and her husband, Sascha Rdetsy, artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, while they were in Manila for a homecoming show. Magbitang is currently an apprentice with the American Ballet Theatre.

Also serving as the vice president of the Museo Pambata, Zobel-Elizalde was instrumental in the renovation of the interactive children’s museum. She continues to fundraise to bring over a thousand children to the museum and create Balay Yatu. Organisations can hold creative workshops, events and arts showcases in this flexible space for children. She was also consulted for the construction of the Samsung Theater, advising on the stage’s physical specifications to suit
dancers’ requirements.

In 2023, Zobel-Elizalde worked towards Steps’s 30th anniversary, which the studio will celebrate in 2024.