And still not too late for this one!  How old is she?  40?  50?  60, even?  Nah...my hunch, not out of her 20s.  
"...her career is over before has started"??

So: change it up!  Do something else!  My Dad did it when he was 37...in 1958, when NOBODY dared "change careers."  Unheard of.  I did it, when dead-ended at age 33 in 1979.  Started my business in my home (gasp!  At a time when no "professional" worked out of his home. Yuck!)

Use those two part-time jobs to buy you the time to think, plan, explore.  

Times are tough?  Yeah.  But that doesn't mean you have to be weak.  Be strong!