Over the years, as I lived in low-income housing, collected government assistance, and lived well under the poverty level as I put myself through college, the comments people made about poor people started to sting. The poor are dirty. Hoarders.… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I expected college to feel like a major accomplishment. I walked across the stage, eight months pregnant with my almost seven-year-old daughter watching in… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I signed my first book contract without paying much attention to what it said. I didn't know at the time that the book would… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
My family, for generations, has struggled through the effects of working blue-collar jobs long past the age of retirement. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I've seen, and experienced, the anxiety of not being able to find work for months on end. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Remember The Nothing? It was a gigantic, black storm from 'The Neverending Story' that fed on fear and doubt and sadness and hate and… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
There is no planning in a life of fighting to keep a roof over your head. It's pure survival. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel less alone. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I see my self-identity in the same way I see most things: a list, in greatest to least importance. I've found I can't use… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Tinder makes it obvious that I'm not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a partner. A… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
If you work a job outside of the hours a daycare that accepts government grants operates, if you are self-employed or you take classes… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
The small things that make Christmas magical are the things children will remember. It doesn't matter what they open on Christmas morning, I don't… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
We need to look marginalized people in our community in the eye and listen to their stories of struggle, heartache and impossibility. — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
