Uber, pizza delivery, selling food – Local teachers work overtime to make ends meet [Video]

LOUISIANA, USA — As summer heats up in Southeast Louisiana, teachers across the area are settling into their summer jobs. 

For Ashley Guan, 24, an eighth-grade English teacher in Jefferson Parish, it’s an opportunity to catch up on classes and side hustles. 

“I’m currently, babysitting and taking classes for grad school at Holy Cross. I also own a non-profit fighting against human trafficking … and I’m a wedding photographer,” Guan said. ”I do a lot over the summer.” 

But working an extra job is not only a seasonal condition, it’s a year-round necessity for many teachers.     

Some like Shadea Alabsa, 36, a middle school math and science teacher in Jefferson Parish, said she had to, at times, work 75 hours a week to supplement her teacher salary. 

“I was doing 40 hours …