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Melanie Hudson: Makes less than fast-food workers

Melanie Hudson is a high school personal care assistant for special needs students in the Upper Darby School District, Delaware County. In her fifth year, she makes just $12,000 a year.

After her regular school day ends, she has supplemental work with the district as an assistant in the principal’s office, but she only gets paid twice a year, in January and June. So, that job doesn’t help her weekly cash flow.

Her husband passed away 10 years ago, just days after her daughter’s 10th birthday, and it has been a struggle.

“I wear a lot of hats in my job. You are a counselor, a mother, a teacher’s assistant, a caretaker. All these things under one umbrella, but you don’t get recognized monetarily with a livable wage. Teenagers at McDonald’s make more than I do.

“It’s surviving. It’s not living. I’m not looking to take a vacation internationally. I’d just like to maybe go to the shore. I go to church on Thanksgiving because I can’t afford to prepare our own meal. I have glaucoma and will need medication the rest of my life. Sometimes I can’t afford the co-pays.’’ 

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