Lori Lay and her husband have lived in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where they have spent 30 years in this community raising three children and running two small businesses. Lori owns a childcare center, and her husband runs a landscaping company. Like millions of self-employed families, they rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace for […]
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Brick Williams, Utah
Brick Williams grew up in Cedar Hills, Utah where he has built a career as a full-time guitar teacher for the past 24 years. Currently, he teaches “anywhere between 55 and 60 students a week,” adding, “It’s a lot of driving and a lot of lessons. It’s a full-time job.” When Brick was 19 years […]
Cassenda Nelson, Georgia
Cassenda Nelson lives in Camilla, a rural community in southwest Georgia, where health care is limited and resources are hard to come by. She’s a mother of four, a community health worker, and the full-time caregiver to her daughter Amunet, who lives with type 2 diabetes and experiences seizures. Managing her daughter’s complex conditions requires […]