Dear Reader, Yesterday, I spoke with a first-gen Latina mother working in higher ed. She had won a giveaway for a 1:1 coaching call and arrived to our session feeling defeated. She had just landed a job she’d long wanted at a university—but instead of bringing stability, it left her more financially strained. Her savings were gone. Her credit cards were maxed out. And the part-time contract she was counting on to supplement her income? It had just been defunded. Then she said something that...