Wise Pockets is a company that originally sold socks with pockets in the top of them so that the customer could place their phone or other things in their socks while being active. Sofia Overton is the master mind behind it all! When she thought of this fantastic idea, she was only 11 years old. She was with her cousin and noticed that she placed her phone in her shoe but the phone kept sliding down the sock and it would bang against her ankle. Making it very uncomfortable for her cousin to be active. So, Sofia created the sock with a pocket to help fix this problem. She is driven by trying to give back to the community she lives within. Each pair of socks they sell as a company she gives away a pair to a kid in need and helps build the relationship that kid has with the community because she believes that those kids will then fell wanted and become more a part of the community. The interesting thing is that she has started to plan on making legging and other pieces of clothing that will have pockets to help everyone in need of better storage for their phones. She demonstrates a “go get it” attitude, determination, stick to it ness, and being a leader. She has innovated all the things that she has created. She took regular clothing products and changed the way they have been produced. She has inspired me because she has shown that no matter the age, you can do anything you want. I’ve learned that if you really care about something, and believe it can be made true, than you can do anything you want.
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I love this story! I think Sofia is a great reminder that innovations don’t need to necessarily be “breakthrough ideas”, but they can be improving on simple things that already exist like socks. It is incredible that she is so young. She has so much potential to continue to improve on this idea through expanding the line to include leggings or even brand new innovations in the future.