13 African and African American girls and young adults were trained by New Mexico Women's Global Pathways founder and director while observing social distancing, wearing masks, using disinfectants and washing hands. New Mexico Women's Global Pathways is a flagship job and educational skills development program of the Immigrant and Refugee Resource Village of Albuquerque (IRRVA). After two days of training, the seamstresses were provided with sewing machines and sewed at home. They received healthy stipends from the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP). In collaboration with the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) African and Afghan women and girls alongside many community volunteers and collaborators sewed masks which helped to raise awareness of the 2020 census and also provided people with protective hand-sewn masks. In partnership, we we were able to create and distribute 18,000+ masks in New Mexico. A huge thanks to the project director, Monica Demarco, for her endless perseverance to making every aspect of this huge project a success.