"Hajdu has been a resident of the Thunder Bay area for most of the time since 1980. She worked mainly in the field of harm prevention, homelessness, and drug addiction, including nine years as the head of the drug awareness committee of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. She also worked as a creative director and graphic designer in marketing. Prior to her election in 2015 she was the head of Shelter House, the city's largest homeless shelter."

These are not easy ways to make a living and we're lucky that we have people who do these jobs.