"Across the country, people and places are being transformed by choice or circumstance. We're telling some of their stories this month in a series called Starting Over. In this latest installment, we go to Seattle, where the average unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 is more than twice the national average. Carolyn Adolph of KUOW reports on a young woman who changed her life by bridging the opportunity gap - that space between wanting a better life and actually getting it." This is an interview conducted to address the opportunity gap of America. It offers insight from someone who was able to overcome the gap.

This article addresses the issue of income.  It has statistics and discussion of the statistics.