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Southbury Siblings Place First In 'World Of Money' Competition
Congratulations to Sarah and Ethan Rochester on coming in first place!
SOUTHBURY, CT — Siblings Ethan, 13, and Sarah Rochester, 10, came in first place at the 4th Annual World of Money youth business pitch competition in the rising mogul age category. The two received a $2,000 prize.
They pitched their business Miracle Threads, which designs and sells Afro-Brazilian designer pillows. The idea came about after Sarah attended an after-school enrichment program where she learned how to sew. Her mom Delores Rochester posted a picture of her work, which garnered a lot of interest. Sarah and Ethan then decided to explore a business venture.
World of Money is a New York City-based non-profit dedicated to educating youth about finance. Nearly 4,000 youth between the ages of 7 and 18-years-old have taken the World of Money 120-hour class on financial education.
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Ethan said he aspires to become an asset manager and Sarah wants to be either a software engineer or an actress. Both want to own their own firms. The two attend Rochambeau Middle School.
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View this post on InstagramMirical threads original email us at our gmail account Miracle_Threads18@gmail.com to get a Beautiful Miracle threads original pillow . Email us your name contact information and how many pillows you want, so we could discuss the pricing of the pillows.
A post shared by Ethan J. Rochester (@miracle_threads18) on Aug 9, 2019 at 8:25am PDT
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