Mesre Teshome

Age: 28

Previous employment: Warehouse worker

Teshome was laid off from her job packing at a furniture warehouse in April. A refugee from Ethiopia, she is divorced with two young children and does not have health insurance. Ideally, she would like to start her own business, but right now she'd take any job at all.

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