Youngmin Seo was barely making ends meet on his adjunct faculty salary at the City University of New York. He and his then-wife both worked full time as they raised two children, and he took an extra job at the Korea Times to fill the gaps. For 20 years he commuted to Queens from Edison, N.J., because he couldn’t afford to live closer to work. “Every paycheck we struggled to pay our rent,” he says. “Life was so fragile.”
Published: April 25, 2024 | Last Modified: April 26, 2024
