Dee’s Story: Raising a child on pennies
Less than six months after giving birth to her first child, Dee Davis*, 34, found out that she was losing her job in the marketing department of an online real estate listing agency. Still adjusting to life as a new mother, she found herself thrust into the unemployment line for the first time.
Davis thought it would only take her a few months, if that, to find new employment. She had a college degree and years of experience working in the banking industry. But more than a year later, she is still looking for employment and her funds are running out as she tries to make a comfortable home for herself and her son.
*Name has been changed at request of the interviewee.