Like many moms, Linda couldn't afford to work when her two kids were young because the cost of full-time daycare would have completely eaten up her paycheck and then some. She carried a part-time job in the evenings, after her husband got home, just to afford groceries.
It wasn't until her kids started school in a low-income district in Kentucky that Linda, who asked to use a pseudonym for privacy, was able to start a paid internship in the field where she ultimately wanted to work.
