Miles-Anderson says her life changed instantly when she was shot with an AR-15 in August, 2022. Having been an ER nurse for the last 15 years, she says in that moment she didn't feel fear -- she felt determination.
"I have two small children, and at our peak I was paying over $900 a month for our infant, and over $800 a month for our four-year-old at the time, and in total we were paying over $21,000 a year for high quality child care," she says.