She might also fair well to post on Craigslist or other sites offering to redesign/develop websites in Vue.js.
E.g., she can learn react, make a to-do app, but it's not a real commercial experience, and in most cases it won't be counted.
However, I agree with you.
The problem is that she needs money right now, due to mortgage and stuff, I would maybe learn something additional like a backend framework, so that she can say "I'm good at Vue, have experience, but I also know next.js, made my own pet project with it"
something like that
As much as she wants to remain in development, there is also the alternative route... doing something else, especially if things are due right now.