Hard Experiences
Kim Lopez recently moved to Utah with her husband. She has 20 years of teaching experience. She says that finding work is difficult to match her qualifications.
“I am having trouble progressing in my field, taking leadership positions, because wherever I go, I start at the bottom. With 20 years of experience, I am lucky if a school district or an employer will take 10 of those as qualified experience. So I am constantly reinventing the wheel,” Lopez said.
Elizabeth Griffin lives in Maryland and is a 13-year Army spouse. Her occupation is a Speech Language Pathologist. She shares the same sentiments as other Army spouses.
Griffin said “It’s difficult when you’re the default parent. You find yourself having to take positions that are more flexible.”
She said “I haven’t been able to take positions that are career advancing, more of, like, a job for two years. I hate to sound like that, but it’s true.”
The Trump Administration has already put steps to help the spouses. The Department of Defense for Military spouses and the Small Business Administration are working together.
They are seeking various ways to help the many men and women who need help. The biggest problem is settling and that requires support of many kinds. Mrs. Trump leads out in this battle to make the spouses of Army personnel feel at home.
