Noemis De Jesus has to be careful about every spending decision she makes. Treating herself in a restaurant or buying that pair of flip-flops she needs might mean she won’t have enough money for groceries or gas to get her through the month.
“I don’t have the luxury of going to a birthday party with a gift. I can’t buy it, so I don’t go. I don’t participate. I can’t eat a bite of hot dog, because I can’t buy that hot dog, even if it’s cheap, ” De Jesus said in Spanish. “I have to control myself. I have to be strong when it comes to buying things.”
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