Great Things in Chicago!
Christy Wang, maker-educator and volunteer treasurer of SteamHead, spends much of her quarantine time in service by making masks for those in need. Thus far, she has sewn and donated about 750 masks to organizations including Masks for Moms; Harmony, Hope & Healing; and to individuals within the community. Masks for Moms is an organization which has partnered with Chicagoland area hospitals providing masks to expectant mothers and their other children. 
Working in education and serving the community is a family affair. Keith Nykaza, Christy’s husband and fellow maker-educator, has been contributing by using the laser cutter to help cut fabric en masse. Marge Nykaza, Christy’s mother-in-law, has been helping with final finishing and packaging the masks according to each organization’s requirements. Marge, a professional singer/music educator is the founder of Harmony, Hope & Healing. Believing in music’s ability to heal, Marge started the work in 2000. Since that time, the organization has provided music classes, choir rehearsal and performance opportunities to thousands of individuals and families who are recovering from the traumas associated with homelessness, addiction, incarceration, and social isolation.
Besides volunteering her time to mask-making and keeping track of SteamHead’s finances, Christy has spent time developing her quarantine hobby of baking and decorating cookies. She hopes to help provide ongoing financial support to Steamhead via her new venture A Cookier’s Cabinet of Curiosities which will produce 3D printed hand illustrated cookie cutters. Christy and co-founder Oklahoma educator/talented artist Laurel Payne have happily committed to donate a portion of their profits to SteamHead. Both having spent time teaching in inner city Oklahoma public schools hope to make project based style teaching with access to technology available to all students, particularly those living in less fortunate circumstances.
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