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Gina Zbikowski says struggling to find a job while living on a meager disability allowance is not the American dream. "To me American dream was owning your own home, having a business, having your own car, you know, and, you know, living life to its absolute fullest. I can't even do that now. I can't even dream about that now."


Gina's boyfriend John Ohlerich works a part-time job with no health insurance. He has epilepsy. "And the prescription is really expensive. I pay for it every month. And when I don't have that money to pay for it, I have to rely on my grandmother. And so I, that's money right out of my pocket, you know, right there 'cause I have to have my medication, and I have to pay for my doctor's visits, otherwise, you know, I don't want to die."


One out of six Americans, like Gina and John, lives in poverty. 


"Poverty is a struggle every day to decide if you put food on the table or if you pay your rent, if you can feed your children or buy them medicine." Kim Perez runs the People Resource Center in DuPage County, Illinois which operates the food pantry that helps Gina and John get by.

