She is a junior high school graduate who attended vocational training school. Since this is generally considered only "work experience" and not formal education, she often feels it isn't recognized as a legitimate academic background. To her, her highest level of education remains "graduated from middle school," and this has long been a source of inferiority. Due to her family's tight financial situation, she decided early on to enter the workforce and enrolled in vocational training. She specifically chose the beauty program because it offered practical, lifelong skills. Indeed, at just 18 years old, she successfully landed a job at a beauty salon. However, at work, her youth made her a target—there was an older female coworker who constantly belittled her, repeatedly shouting "You middle school dropout!" and subjecting her to ongoing harassment. In such a hostile environment, she had no choice but to endure and survive.