Jessica O. Matthews was highlighted during Black History Month for her Soccket invention and for founding Uncharted Play.
On February 1, 2012, at the start of Black History Month, Jessica O. Matthews was featured in coverage recognizing her achievements as an inventor and founder. The feature highlighted her creation of the Soccket and the establishment of Uncharted Play as a company built to scale that invention into a broader business.
This recognition placed Matthews within a wider conversation about Black innovators and entrepreneurs whose contributions to science, technology, and business have historically been under-recognized. As a young Black woman engineer and founder in the clean-technology and hardware space, Matthews' visibility during Black History Month served to highlight both her individual accomplishments and the broader importance of diversity in STEM entrepreneurship.
The coverage reinforced the origin story of the Soccket, noting how Matthews' personal connection to communities facing unreliable electricity access, informed by her Nigerian heritage, shaped her engineering solution. It also underscored the growing traction of Uncharted Play, which by this time was working toward broader distribution and product development. This dated recognition is one of several repeated instances of Black History Month coverage of Matthews across subsequent years, reflecting her sustained relevance as a highlighted figure in innovation and entrepreneurship narratives.