Several years ago I took a sewing class at a community sewing machine library and while the classes were short lived since the group closed down shortly after the few sewing skills I'd learned stuck with me.

Post pandemic, once we all started to go out again, my mom and I took a great interest in thrifting, where I'd often use my knowledge to fix clothes or tailor them in an attempt to salvage them. Latter I used my sewing knowledge to make a dress out of a bedsheet for a school dance. 

It wasn't until I dove into research on the fashion industry that I realized how much it was hiding and how I could apply certain skills I'd taken for granted to addressing the issue, driving action and awareness within our community