"The environment I had been in for almost two years had really torn me."

👩🏻Daniela Garrido, a creative storyteller and former news reporter, graduated with a bachelors in broadcast journalism from the University of Florida. She began her career in the news industry in Bakersfield, California, market size 125, according to the Nielsen DMA’s ranking.

📺She left the news industry after 22 months of working for a TV station with a salary of $35,000. “This wasn’t enough to pay for groceries or minor mishaps,” according to Daniela.

🏠The average rent price in Bakersfield, CA is $1,294. If Daniela spent 25% of her salary’s monthly net income, –what experts recommend you spend on rent– she could only afford a mid-range apartment between $600 to $800. This would be a rent price that would better allow her to have enough cash left for other expenses, debt and savings.

📽Interview: @danigarrido_  

🎞Editing: @luiscavideo