Adele Masengo Ngoy, right, works with student Selva Kawaya of Portland during sewing class last week. Ngoy, a fashion designer who is teaching as a volunteer, says “My plan is to have another program, another trainer, and have more women already in the field get involved, so that we can help and train more women.”
A high-end fashion designer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before moving to Maine in 2000, Adele Marengo Ngoy operates her design business in Portland, manages the alterations department at David’s Bridal, and founded Women United Around the World in 2009.
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