Upstairs downstairs

Just a few years ago, Nahetzin Grijalva was the consummate commuter. She had a nice house with a huge back yard, but didn’t know her neighbors. An independent contractor, it took her at least 30 minutes to get everywhere she went.

That was when she lived in California, but things didn’t get any better when her work took her to Westminster, Colorado. In the six months she continued to work as an independent contractor, she struggled with a stressful commute to Lakewood, only saw her house and her dogs at lunch, and rolled in after dark each night.

“My biggest gripe was…