After Homejoy shut down, Cheung continued working for Y Combinator as a partner, until February 2021.

[2] Cheung grew up in a small town in South Carolina and earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Clemson University.

Instead Cheung started to focus Pathjoy on finding house cleaners instead of therapists.

Inspired by other companies that participate in a sharing economy,[5] Cheung created Homejoy with her brother in 2012.

[8] For research, Cheung worked at a professional cleaning company to learn the issues facing cleaners, including scheduling difficulties and inefficient traveling.