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For Menelik Tafari, losing a day’s worth of pay could mean losing care for his daughter, who was born with serious health complications earlier this year.
“My daughter has been on seizure watch, in [hospitals], and she’s needed more care and more support,” Tafari said. “I’ve had to opt to be a stay-at-home dad — not working and not teaching — really just focusing on my child.”
Tafari is a native Angeleno, lifelong public educator, and fourth-year urban schooling graduate student at UCLA. Befor
“My daughter has been on seizure watch, in [hospitals], and she’s needed more care and more support,” Tafari said. “I’ve had to opt to be a stay-at-home dad — not working and not teaching — really just focusing on my child.”
Tafari is a native Angeleno, lifelong public educator, and fourth-year urban schooling graduate student at UCLA. Befor