Margie Haywood became the first Black woman to open a co-working space in Washington. She’s also committed to undoing cultural norms when it comes to the blueprint of business planning.Fitting into a box has never worked for Margie Haywood. With no funding from banks, she’s the first Black woman to open a co-working space in Washington. She’s also committed to undoing cultural norms when it comes to the blueprint of business planning.
Back in 2015, Haywood was working as the director of youth and young adult services for YWCA when her two young sons, only 1 and 2 at the time, had a major accident falling from a 30-foot window. Once the toddlers began recovering, Haywood started looking for a place where she could work or hold meetings while also having someone look after her kids in the same space. She quickly found no such place existed, so she decided to createBut getting to that point took overcoming trio of setbacks. She’s never received any capital from banks, because they didn’t align with her vision.
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