Rachel Rofé started working at Walmart as a cashier at 16 with no long-term plan. She worked through retail jobs to pay for college instead of following the expected path of traditional education and marriage.
What was it in your teens that you sort of had as a vision, or, you know, your late teens? Because we don't think very far ahead in our very young years, you know, it's almost instantaneous, you know, presence in the moment through to the teens where we start to see a little bit ahead of things, saving up for things or seeing things that we'd like to do in the future. Did you have any vision and idea of what you foresaw for yourself or for your life?
No, I don't think I had any vision. I started working as a cashier at Walmart as soon as I could. Instant I turned 16, I was able to work, I did. And, and then I just kind of worked my way up pretty fast. But I didn't really have any vision. I guess I just assumed that I would do the whole go to college, get married, all that stuff, which I ended up not. I just worked my way through. I paid my way through school while working retail.
