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Awarded Top Inventor of 2023
IAOTP Top Inventor for 2023
#Bioscience Innovators
utopia spotlighted on OCAST
As our innovations solve the problems of today. We hope our impact on the minds of those we reach are everlasting and motivate everyone to raise their own bars in making the world a better place. We are proud to be in spotlight with organizations that are striving for a better future.
Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell interviews Sharina Perry
Podcast with Oklahoma Lt Governor Matt Pinnell
In this episode, Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell interviews Sharina Perry, creator of Utopia Plastix. Utopia has created a way to use plants in the manufacturing of plastics. This method helps the plastics to become more eco-friendly and has the potential to change how plastic is created. Learn about Sharina’s mission and how it helps guide her through the trials of being an entrepreneur.
Power List: Innovative Women 2022
Celebrating innovative women
The 33 Oklahoma women featured in this publication bring novelty and creativity to the ways they work across a variety of industries and job settings in our state. Steadfast through the pandemic, they have met challenges with determination, poise and ingenuity. These women are the problem-solvers, go-getters and thoughtful leaders that inspire us all.
KFOR-Channel 4 Story
Plastic made with plants
There might still be people who know Sharina Perry and would wonder what she’s doing walking around inside a big plastics manufacturer, especially considering her previous, and entirely unrelated, work experience as a cable and internet provider.
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Interview
OCAST interview with Utopia Plastix
Jim Stafford’s BlogOKC
Sustainable future with Utopia Plastix
Blog by Jim Safford. As a Blog by the state, our story has attracted more attention than any article in its history.
News 9 Story
Local Entrepreneur Helping Environment, Farmers
Sharina Perry never had any seeds of doubt when it came to starting her own plant-based company. “I’ve always believed that I could do anything I wanted to,” Perry said. Like creating the science for a resin to make her plant-based bags, utensils, and straws, all without a chemistry degree.
“Maybe God just made some of us natural chemists,” she said. While Sharina did get some help from chemists, her mind and motivation have been the main tools in creating Utopia PlastiX in the summer of 2018.
