Meet the founders

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 Long before She Force existed, Heather and Angela were unknowingly starting down the same path.

At six years old, both of them were on a roof with their fathers learning how to lay shingles while reroofing their family homes. For most kids, that might sound unusual. For them, it was simply part of growing up in families where learning practical skills was encouraged.

That early experience, working with tools, building things, and understanding how things come together, sparked a lifelong love of hands-on work for both of them.

Heather and Angela have never been the type to look at a problem in a house and say, “Someone should fix that.” Their instinct has always been more like, “Where’s the tool for this?”

 Where Heather tends to bring the spark and big ideas, Angela brings the calm, steady “let’s just fix it” energy.

Together, they make a pretty solid team when something needs built, repaired, or figured out.

 Angela didn’t exactly grow up sitting still. She spent much of her childhood right alongside her dad, helping with building projects, working on farm equipment, and learning how to fix things instead of just complaining about them. If something broke, the solution wasn’t to call someone, it was usually to grab a tool and start figuring it out. 

She also spent time working on her grandparents’ Amish farm, where chores included running farm equipment, milking cows, and feeding livestock. It turns out if you grow up doing those things, very little later in life feels intimidating.

As a teenager, Angela even ran her own bread baking business, producing hundreds of loaves of bread at a time. Which means while most teenagers were sleeping in, she was already up working, baking, and running a small operation before most people had their first cup of coffee.

Her love of building continued into adulthood when she decided to make a coffee table out of reclaimed pallets. What started as a simple project quickly turned into a passion for woodworking. Since then, her projects have grown into more refined pieces, including a custom-built bourbon cabinet, which proves that sometimes a pallet project can spiral into full-blown craftsmanship.

Angela also has a creative side that shows up in her leather work, where she often makes custom leather radio straps for fellow firefighters. When you work in the fire service, gear has to be tough, functional, and built well, qualities Angela tends to apply to just about everything she makes.

And speaking of the fire service, Angela is also a full-time firefighter. Which means staying calm under pressure, thinking through problems quickly, and handling tools and equipment in chaotic situations is just part of her normal day.

Heather's curiosity showed up early, 12 years old to be exact, when she discovered hardwood floors hiding under the carpet in her bedroom. After asking her parents if she could reveal those beautiful floors, she pulled up the carpet, sanded the floors, and stained them herself. That project pretty much sealed it, she loved the process of tearing into something, figuring it out, and making it better.

That same mindset eventually turned into real construction experience. Heather later co-owned a residential construction company, where she worked on projects ranging from framing new homes to interior carpentry and remodeling. She learned quickly that houses have personalities and sometimes those personalities come with a long list of problems hiding behind drywall.

Heather has also served as estate manager for a few multi-million-dollar homes, coordinating contractors, managing complex home projects, and making sure everything ran the way it should. She also worked as a managing partner in her father’s property management company, where she dealt with the full spectrum of real-life home issues, from the small fixes to the “how did this even happen?” kind of repairs.

Heather currently owns a successful cleaning business, which has given her an additional superpower: she knows exactly how homes are actually lived in, where things wear out, and what homeowners deal with day to day. Seriously, home builders should be consulting home cleaners in the design process. 

All of that experience means Heather walks into projects with a mix of curiosity, practicality, and a healthy sense of humor. She knows houses are never perfect, projects rarely go exactly as planned, and sometimes the best approach is to roll up your sleeves, laugh a little, and figure it out as you go.

At the end of the day, Heather believes most problems in a home can be solved with the right tools, some experience, and a little determination. And maybe a few sarcastic comments along the way.