Sam works as a
para educator taking care of special needs and severely handicapped children
for the Bellevue School District. Sam is a single mother who gives so much love
and attention to special needs children and their parents on a daily basis.
Sam has a 12 year old son
(Payton) who she is raising alone. They recently moved into their own apartment
after living with Sam’s mother for the past few years. She spends just about
everything she makes on food and rent and a few times has not been able to get
herself to work or her son to school due to not having enough money for gas.
She lives in Redmond but works in Bellevue and her son goes to the same school
as our daughter. Sam talks very little about her own struggles but seems to
solely focus on how she can help others who are in need.