August 3, 2022
Raquel Graham, Founder and CEO of Roq Innovation, partnered with Girls Inc. of Chicago on a cohort where the young women developed and project and will launch the product in October. Photo provided by Raquel Graham.
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Entrepreneur wants to help young girls with entrepreneurship and product development
All of Raquel Graham’s innovations come from her life and her life experiences. Graham started Roq Innovation in 2014 because of her children. During the Polar Vortex, her children did not want to wear scarves, which wasn’t feasible in the cold weather where all skin needed to be protected from the elements. She looked online for an alternative to the bulky, itchy scarves that were available on the market and couldn’t find anything. She decided to go to the fabric store and make her own scarves from fleece, and Nekz was born.