I don’t usually post stories like this, but something happened that completely changed my life — and honestly, restored a little of my faith in people. If you’ve ever been humiliated at your job, especially by someone who thinks they’re better than you, maybe this will hit home. I’m not here to play the victim, but I want to tell you what happened.

My name’s Kara. I’m 20 years old, and for the past six months, I’ve been working as a flight attendant for an international airline. It’s not glamorous. It’s exhausting, demanding, and sometimes downright humiliating.

But I need the job more than most. Every paycheck I earn goes straight to my mother’s cancer treatment. She’s been battling stage three ovarian cancer for nearly two years, and the medical bills are relentless.

I didn’t grow up with much. My dad left when I was a kid, and my mom raised me on her own, working two jobs to keep us afloat. When I graduated from high school, I had dreams of attending university, studying nursing, and maybe even becoming an oncology nurse one day.