Desiree Seats was 23 years old and a mother of a 4-year old boy back in 2014 when she found out her license was suspended before was ever granted one. She took her first driver’s license test in the summer of 2014. Upon passing the road test, she expected to get her license but instead was told that it was already suspended.
Back when Seats was 16 years old, she was caught shoplifting jeans and a shirt from a department store. “She went to court and was fined on a juvenile charge, but the fine never was paid. Seats says she didn’t know about the fine and that neither she nor her mother would have had the money back then to pay it. She still owed $315, and that kicked in a license suspension for two years from the day she was eligible to receive one…”
“In Milwaukee, Seats went to the Center for Driver’s License Recovery; lawyers and case managers there helped her negotiate paying off her fine in small amounts over several months and get the suspension lifted. Seats…now works as a personal care assistant, helping a woman with a disability fix meals, bathe and get dressed.”
“A few days after getting her license, she also started a second job delivering newspapers, and she has also applied for a job delivering pizza. And the freedom of being able to drive helps her attend a technical college as well, where she’s studying to become a pharmacy assistant.”
Source: NPR