Stephanie Land

Shortly after my first daughter was born in 2007, we had to move into a homeless shelter.

— Stephanie Land

I would never want people to point at me and say, 'Well, she got herself off of food stamps, so anybody can…

— Stephanie Land

While I'd been in school, I had a nagging thought that it'd be so much easier to quit all this higher education…

— Stephanie Land

As a single mother, I qualified for Pell Grants, and received a scholarship from a small organization for domestic violence survivors.

— Stephanie Land

My mom grew up in extreme poverty, and always spoke of it with a look of disgust. She felt pressured to fit…

— Stephanie Land

I think having an infant causes a bit of an identity crisis.

— Stephanie Land

Dating means hope.

— Stephanie Land

My second daughter's birth stopped time. My world lost its momentum in revolving towards goals and dreams.

— Stephanie Land

When people think of chronic fatigue syndrome, they imagine someone simply sleeping a lot or who's always tired. The stigma from that…

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Public speaking is not something my mind and body are able to do easily. I sweat profusely with shaky hands to match…

— Stephanie Land

We don't like to listen to people who are still angry, who are still in poverty, especially people of color.

— Stephanie Land

There's a thing called a 'welfare cliff,' and what happens is you get up to a threshold - which is a very…

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This resounding cry of 'welfare to work' enrages me because something like 75% or 80% of people who are on government assistance…

— Stephanie Land

If every parent knew that the best way to prevent lice from spreading is by looking for them, cases decrease dramatically.

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I'm white. I have privileges as a parent that many others don't. Of not only teaching but expecting my daughter to stand…

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I think my biggest role as a parent is teaching empathy.

— Stephanie Land

I think especially in academia, we are coached to go the route of paying to submit our writing to small publications, like…

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Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for…

— Stephanie Land

Struggling to take care of my daughter on my own, I needed whatever government assistance I qualified for - a few hundred…

— Stephanie Land

I think there's a huge gap between no longer qualifying for benefits and being able to afford a life without benefits. When…

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I worked part-time cleaning houses, and went to school full-time.

— Stephanie Land

It was interesting to be in a position where I got to know people through cleaning their houses, but I became disenchanted.

— Stephanie Land

It's unreasonable to expect people who scrape to get by to have emergency savings.

— Stephanie Land

If parents know how many times others are finding lice on their kids' heads, maybe other parents will not hide their own…

— Stephanie Land

If we can at least make sure that our children are taken care of, that will ease the minds of their parents…

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