As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, Seattle’s Vanessa Dyce saw her community coming undone and wanted to help. Dyce, a software engineer, was looking for a cause she believed in and where her particular skill set would be useful.
Katherine Cheng, head of global and community impact at Expedia Group, had been working on a project with her company to employ out-of-work tailors from arts organizations to sew personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. That effort revealed other challenges in the community that she was eager to solve.