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So the day I turned 16, I walked down to the McDonald's, like, there was like five blocks away from

our house, and I got hired. After high school, I would ride my bike to McDonald's, and I did that

for a year.

And I got a job at the Einstein bagels that was like three blocks from my house.

And I rode my bike to that.

Because as a teenager, I started asking my parents for things as teenagers do, and they couldn't afford it.

You know, like I just learned not to ask my parents for anything, to always take care of myself.

And so, like, that all, like, really paid off in the long term.

One of my full-time jobs now makes more money than both my parents ever did combined.

This is Erica.

She's 42 years old and she lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

And what do you do for work?

I'm a professor and a bartender.

I work as an advisor at a local university.

I also teach there part-time.

And then I bartend at a local LGBT establishment. I also have four other jobs.

It used to be 10, so I've reduced, I've consolidated.

Right now, Erica works a total of six jobs, which is not 10, but still sounds impossible.

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