by Christine Mckenna | May 13, 2017 | No audio profile
Nicole Rodriguez, 19, a fast-food worker at McDonald’s, works 40 hours a week. She’s also a full-time student at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She says she finds it hard to pay her phone bill, transportation costs, and help her parents out on the $12...
by Christine Mckenna | May 13, 2017 | profile
As the weather gets warmer, people flock to Chinatown’s Eggloo for one of its signature Hong Kong egg waffles with ice cream. One of the waffle makers, Choung woo Hyun, 21, who was born in South Korea and moved here as a toddler, says he makes the minimum wage....
by Christine Mckenna | May 6, 2017 | profile
Back in Venezuela, she was a radio journalist. When she came here in 2016, she planned to continue her career here. Instead, she earns $8 an hour making smoothies in Washington Heights. Ivana, 25, who did not want to give her last name, earns about $1,200 per month...
by Christine Mckenna | Apr 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
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