Jessica Matthews, a Nigerian-American woman, kicked off her career at Harvard. As a junior in college, she and her classmate Julia Silverman invented the Soccket. The Soccket is a soccer ball that converts kinetic energy into power and just after playing with the ball for about half an hour, it could generate three hours of light. Her goal was to supply power to communities around the world. Matthews claimed to gather the inspiration for Soccket from her aunt's wedding in Nigeria. Electricity turned off during the wedding and diesel was being used. Matthews quickly was concerned by the fumes of the diesel and the pressing health risks that come with it. At the young age of twenty-two, she created her company, Uncharted Power to solve this issue. Matthews continued her brand and created a jump rope, where, similar to the Soccket, just after fifteen minutes of jumping, one can have three hours of light. Her innovation and success were widely recognized. For example, former President Barack Obama invited Matthews into The White House to represent small businesses in the America Invents Act of 2012. Additionally, she was crowned "Fortune's Most Promising" in Forbes Magazines' Top 30 under 30 feature. Harvard also announced her to be "scientist of the year" in 2012. In 2016, Matthews decided to move Uncharted Powers to New York. In Harlem, she created the Harlem Tech Fund which aimed to aid 10,000 Harlem residents in technology training. She continues to inspire as she not only is in the steps to solving renewable energy in certain settings but instead, in portable platforms that can be used across the globe.

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