How to Become Socially Mobile | Sophie Pender | TEDxPCL

In 2014, Sophie Pender’s life changed forever. Propelled from council housing into some of the UK’s most prestigious spaces overnight, she quickly became a poster child for social mobility. Now a lawyer and the founder of the UK’s largest network of state educated individuals, Sophie steps back from the American Dream narrative that we idolise so much to reflect on what it actually took to become socially mobile. In this moving talk it quickly becomes clear that, when it comes to social mobility, all that glitters is not gold. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx