By Laura Wenus, Mission Local
Linda Perez, a teacher at Buena Vista Horace Mann, shares her home with nine people — and only two of them are family members. Frank Lara teaches fourth grade at the same school and has crashed on friends’ couches or shared a bedroom to make ends meet, all while struggling to repay a mountain of student loan debt. Laura Rocha, who used to teach pre-kindergarten classes at another school, said she can earn more money cleaning houses or rolling burritos than she can as a teacher.
“I adore kids, but I can’t support myself and my daughter like this,” Rocha said.
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