Haywood, who travels two hours by bus and train to get to her full-time job at the North Side hospital, has her associate’s degree and dreams of eventually getting her doctorate to become an educator or therapist. But her $13.30 hourly wage is sometimes not enough to cover her phone and internet bills. She has a daughter, 3-year-old Imori, and grows tearful at the prospect that the girl might be better off living in the south suburbs with her father.