Sophie's Tales was created by Melanie Paticoff. Melanie Paticoff was a student in Mr. Zarett's fifth grade class at Jackson. Mel is now a student at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri and will graduate with a degree in deaf education in 2011. Mel grew up on Long Island with a tight-knit family that includes her cousin, Julie, who wears bilateral cochlear implants. By combining her knowledge of living with hearing loss with her recent background in education and the silly spunk of her maltipoo puppy, Sophie, Mel created Sophie's Tales, a website full of resources for children with hearing loss.