Django: ModuleNotFoundError after reinstalling Python and Django - python-3.x

Question

I have two Django projects (project-x and project-y) which were running fine initially. However after reinstalling python and Django, I keep getting the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'project-x' when I run python3 manage.py runserver for any of my other projects.
This exact error occurs for every new project I create and try to run no matter its location and virtual environment being run. Everything was working before the reinstall and ready to ship so I am desperate to find out whats gone wrong because there is absolutely no reference to project-x in any of the other projects ..
Terminal
chaudim#TD project-y % python3 manage.py runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 330, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 61, in execute
super().execute(*args, **options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 68, in handle
if not settings.DEBUG and not settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 82, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 69, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 170, in __init__
mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python#3.9/3.9.1_6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 972, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 984, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'project-x'
Projects folder
django-projects
- project-y
- manage.py
- CalendarApp
- init.py
- admin.py
- views.py
- models.py
...
- project-y
- init.py
- settings.py
- urls.py
- wsgi.py
- asgi.py
- project-x
same structure as above...