Johnita Ellerby, a single mother of four, is studying social work while working full time. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption
Success Factors: Rich, Poor And Everybody Else In a three-part series, All Things Considered host Robert Siegel visited North Carolina's Research Triangle area, to ask people from very different walks of life how they account for their economic station in life.
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Success Factors: Rich, Poor And Everybody Else
All Things Considered host Robert Siegel talks to North Carolinians about their economic station.
Sarah Bidgood is managing editor of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. She says her parents helped her start adult life with no debt, giving her a leg up. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption
Michael and Amy Tiemann estimate their personal wealth at about $25 million — and say luck played no small part in their financial success. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption