Wade, an aspiring fashion designer – who hails from a family of seamstresses, has been producing and selling face masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic and donating her proceeds back into the community.
Wade first came up with idea of producing face masks on her own by watching and helping her mother and grandmother produce them for hospitals and the community as she quickly jumped on the bandwagon and got to work.
According to her mother, Chavela Johnson, Wade has donated money from her creations, in $50 – $100 increments, to different organization, restaurants, and friends and families that have been making a difference in the community during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A participant in Faye Woo’s sewing class located in Renton and the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Youth Entrepreneur Program, both of which were cancelled due to COVID-19, Wade was preparing to launch her own fashion design brand ‘Youth Skills By Averionna’.
Wade has used her creativity to cultivate her own style, while there may be others who are currently making face masks, Wade’s creations are versatile enough to compliment anyone who wears them, regardless of their preference in fashion.
