Diana Stasko

Age: 40

Previous employment: Consumer rep

Stasko turned to her sewing business after leaving a high-paying job as a consumer rep for a power-bar company. She has been looking for work as a video editor since January. "I feel trapped at home obsessively checking job boards," she says. "And it doesn't work."

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