A Utah woman wants to help other single mothers weather the pandemic
SALT LAKE CITY — Lisa Sledge earned a law degree, in her telling, by the grace of God and a support network that spanned from kind professors to anonymous donors leaving cash in her mailbox. Newly divorced and with two young children, the legal assistant woke up between 2 and 4 a.m. for a second job tutoring children online. She often toted her daughter, then 4, and son, 6, to her classes at the University of Utah’s law school. She sold her dining table to make rent. When she passed the bar exam in 2019, Sledge wept with relief. A year later, when schools shuttered in the pandemic, her...
Source: deseret.com
