BALTIMORE — Loved ones are remembering a slain Baltimore tech entrepreneur as a young woman who built a successful startup that earned her national recognition and local political clout while remaining focused on what motivated her from the beginning: forging connections, building community and using entrepreneurship to create meaningful social
Volunteers recently shepherded a fleet of ambulances up the East Coast to the Port of Baltimore, where the vehicles will be shipped to Ukraine as part of an ongoing humanitarian aid effort sparked by Russia’s invasion of the country in February of last year.
Like many Anne Arundel County residents who have roots in the warring countries, Alisa Hoodikoff and her parents watched anxiously as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, sending Eastern Europe into the worst armed conflict since World War II.