When Sonia Kirkpatrick first pitched her idea for a new business called PediaPlex back in college, she never imagined it would grow into three locations across Southlake, Fort Worth and Frisco nine years later. Now PediaPlex has also brought Sonia into the University of Dallas Business Hall of Fame.
A class of 2011 master's graduate, Sonia first entered her idea for PediaPlex into a business plan competition sponsored by the university. According to a media release, Sonia first got the idea to create an inclusive therapeutic clinic for children with autism and other developmental delays after raising a daughter with Asperger’s syndrome.
She realized children needed a more comprehensive plan for their care, so she pitched her idea for PediaPlex and wound up being one of the winners. She ended up using the scholarship money she won to open her business in 2012. The university later inducted Sonia into the Gupta College of Business Hall of Fame for her endeavors during a virtual ceremony on Friday, February 5.
“I’m honored and grateful to have received this prestigious induction into the Gupta Business Hall of Fame,” Sonia says in a media release. “I can truly say that the University of Dallas helped me get where I am today.”
To learn more about PediaPlex, call 817.442.0222 or visit PediaPlex.net.