Lisa Garcia Case Study

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She said her typical weekday begins when she wakes up at 6:30 a.m., and takes a shower brushes her teeth and puts on her wardrobe for the day before she makes breakfast for her two children, who both go to school at a nearby high school and a middle school. She or her sister, or a friend, by the name of Lisa Garcia, will help out by taking the kids to school; however most of the time she will drive them to their school which is five minutes away from the apartment. Once dropping them off she will typically go to her doctor’s appointments or drive back home to rest in bed. At about 2:30 p.m., she will get back to her car and will pick her kids up from school. Since they do not have any extracurricular activities, such as any sports-related ventures

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