With two kids and two businesses she owns and runs, Katarina Jackson, who came to Reno to study psychology at UNR in 2013, is seemingly always on the go.
"I've been here since 2013, so this is really home now. I love Reno.
Personally, I've lived in a lot of different places, but it's very diverse here. And there's a lot of things to do. Proximity to Tahoe, you can't really beat. We were just in Carson earlier today.
It's really easy to get from one place to another.
I own Lullaby Nursery out in Cold Springs, a preschool child care center.
And then I also own Paint Nevada, which is an arts and crafts studio towards North McCarran.
Once I had kids, I really wanted to be able to still make money and support my kiddos, while being with them.
I've also just generally always worked with children, so I knew that I would end up working with kids in one way or another. And that's my general main goal for the future is just to keep creating safe places for children, that's what I'm really passionate about.
With running a business, everything is just getting so expensive. I think that’s everybody’s challenge at this point. So, two businesses, two kids. It’s a lot at times, but we get through it.”