This week, I found out from her $14-an-hour job because the novel has forced the small business where she works to downsize.
As we talked about whether she’d be able to afford her mortgage and bills, I was heartbroken. But our conversation was also a reminder of what motivated me to run to serve in the House of Representatives.
Across Georgia, where I live, there are countless people like my mom, who are living paycheck to paycheck, who can’t afford health insurance, who are struggling to survive.
And that number includes me. I’m running for Congress, and I don't have health insurance either.Here’s what I do have: around $30,000 in student loans and almost no savings left.