Fired fed ‘Gingersnap Jess' finds new earnings through baking

Fired fed ‘Gingersnap Jess' finds new earnings through baking

Among the thousands of fired federal employees figuring out their next steps, a Maryland woman is making a business out of a hobby, and the sweet results are feeding and inspiring other out-of-work feds. While trying to pay the bills and find purpose after being riffed from her job at the Department of Health and Human Services, Jessica Henry found her answer with homemade cookies.   “This was, for me, a lifelong love of baking that I turned to,…