Darlena Cunha's 2014 article "This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps" was Washington Post's most read article of all time for years running. At a time when unemployment numbers are higher than we've ever seen, her experience and insights are all the more relevant today. She revisits her experience with me and tells me how her personal struggles following the 2008 recession shaped her identity and prepared her to weather the worst of storms.