UCLA students detail L.A. garment workers' child care issues
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 05:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Katherine Rocio Herrera, a fourth-year student at UCLA and native of Colombia, came to the United States with her family when she was 9 years old. For her parents, finding a job in a new country was half the battle. The other was paying the high costs of child care so they could go to work. To fill in the gap, Herrera often looked after her younger sister while her parents worked.