“I love being a caregiver — but living in Oakland means living paycheck to paycheck.”

For Oakland home care provider Juliann Coulter, caregiving is a labor of love. She’s done it for decades. She first got her start as a caregiver in the early 1990s, caring for her mother-in-law, who suffered from osteoporosis. The experience of providing care inspired Juliann to really see caregiving as a profession. After helping her mother-in-law get stronger, Juliann took a break from caregiving, had more children, and proceeded to work various retail jobs. But she never stopped dreaming of being a caregiver.