Lisa’s Story: Working as a Waitress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Meet Lisa, a waitress and DoorDasher who lives with her husband in Louisiana. What’s it like working in-person right now? I’m working two jobs at the moment. My main job is serving and waitressing at a local restaurant. I’d consider myself a frontline worker because I’m interacting with folks in person a couple of days…
Read MoreApril’s Story: Wanting Better For Her Son
Meet April, a single mother who lives with her two-year-old son in Nevada. How have the last couple of months been? My son and I have been through a lot, but we’re still patient. I’m trying to do the best I can to provide for him. Things are tough right now because it’s the first…
Read MoreGloria’s Story: A Path Toward Financial Stability
Meet Gloria, an aspiring pharmacy technician who lives with her five children in Minnesota. Tell me more about you and your family. In my house, it’s me and my five kids. They range in age from five months to 12 years old. We’ve been living in Saint Louis Park since June of this year. Right…
Read MoreFabiola’s Story: Achieving the American Dream
Meet Fabiola, the Grand Prize Winner of our annual SaverLife Tax Time Story Contest. While the SaverLife team didn’t get to congratulate her in person, we met her over Zoom! Tell us a little bit about yourself. I was born in Peru and my first language is Spanish.I came to the United States in 2012…
Read MoreMadeline & Kristi’s Story: Working Together is the Dream
Meet Madeline (M) and Kristi (K), two best friends who both live and work in Mississippi. What’s your profession? K: I’ve been a hairstylist for 20 years now. I absolutely love my job and talking with my customers. We laugh together, connect, and I enjoy getting to interact with so many different personalities. M: I’ve…
Read MoreMeet Stacie, SaverLife’s Grand Prize Winner of the Johnstown Story Contest
Stacie was the Grand Prize Winner of our Johnstown Story Contest. While we weren’t able to congratulate her in person this year due to travel advisories, we scheduled a Zoom call to meet her! Where did you grow up? I grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I moved back here after college to be closer to…
Read MoreDestiny’s Story: Prioritizing Her Family’s Financial Security
Meet Destiny, a customer service representative who lives with her four children in Virginia. How’s it been sheltering in place? It’s just me and my four boys here at home. Sheltering in place was much harder when it first began. Now that things are starting to reopen and I’m going back to work, it’s becoming…
Read MoreJessica’s Story: SaverLife’s Grand Prize Winner of the Bluefield Story Contest
Meet Jessica, a customer support representative who lives with her husband and two daughters in Virginia. Jessica was the $5,000 Grand Prize Winner of the Bluefield Story Contest. Even though the SaverLife team couldn’t meet her in person, we were grateful for the opportunity to congratulate her virtually. Normally, we go out to our winners…
Read MoreAaliyah’s Story: A Pharmacy Technician in the Making
Meet Aaliyah, a single mother of three who’s studying to become a pharmacy technician and nail technician and lives in North Carolina.
Read MoreNicholas’s Story: Learning the Ways of the Stock Market
Meet Nicholas, an Amazon delivery person who lives in New York City. How do you like New York? I’ve lived in New York City all 22 years of my life. There are so many jobs and public transportation runs 24/7. Though lately, the transit system has been running 20 hours a day instead of all…
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