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COVID was a setback for working women. These first-time entrepreneurs prevailed latimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Print Alejandra Siciliano was terrified of catching COVID-19 while working as a hotel housekeeper. Laid off in March, now she prays for any job to pay the bills. Jamie Eagen has been home-schooling her 8-year-old throughout the pandemic. The single mother and former office manager needs to work, but then who would care for her daughter? Janae Franklin, a corporate manager who turned to food stamps after being laid off, has gained a new perspective on work. The pandemic made her “do some soul-searching,” Franklin said, and even though loved ones urge her to seize any available job, she’s decided to give entrepreneurship a try. ....