Mask sewing project among Chicago refugee groups leads to new career goal: 'This is my job'
by Elvia Malagón, Chicago Tribune
May 04, 2020
2 minutes
CHICAGO - From her dining room table in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, Sandra Muyumba some nights doesn't even want to sleep because of how focused she's become on making face masks.
Just weeks ago, Muyumba, 48, had never made a face mask but now she's gotten the technique down to 20 minutes, five minutes for cutting and the rest spent sewing. Her husband helps her iron
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