When she moved from Ghana to Chula Vista to be with her husband, who was serving in the U.S. Navy, Amina Abdulai needed a new career.
So she enrolled in a three-week training program in January 2020 to become a certified nursing assistant. Once employed, Abdulai earned $14.25 an hour, working long shifts at a nursing home during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then she found out she was pregnant and was advised by her doctor to leave the job at seven months pregnant.
She said she would have gone back after giving birth if the pay compensated for the heavy workload. Instead, she pursued a new career as a real estate agent.
“I did love the fact that I was helping people,” she said. “I would sing, I would dance for my residents. If the money had been great, definitely, I would have gone back.”
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