When the COVID-19 pandemic hit U.S. shores, Black women took it as an opportunity to reset their lives and careers to go into business for themselves and take control of their finances.
According to the University of California, Santa Cruz, the number of Black-owned businesses has increased by 30% since the pandemic began and Black women are largely responsible for that growth.
St. Louis NPR reports when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Rhonda Walker, a nursing director at a nursing home in St. Louis, watched her patients die daily and her co-workers fall ill while working numerous hours took its toll. When Walker suffered a stroke in the summer of 2020, she took it as a sign and spent the majority of her recovery planning her next move. Read more at www.blackenterpise.com
