Hey, thanks for the reply!

I honestly find myself in between a rock and a hard place. On one hand when she wasn't working she was even more depressed than now, she kept complaining that she felt useless and that she would never find a job here in the US because people hate foreigners (totally not true, she found a job super quickly and people are very nice to us 90% of the time).

I told her recently that if her job was making her that miserable that she should just quit and pursue something else, but she says she has no idea what she'd like to do and that makes her even more anxious.

My biggest concern with this alternative is that she's a REALLY talented cook, it's something she loves doing, it came to her very naturally and she definitely has the knack for it (she takes super complex recipes from starred chefs and replicates them perfectly at home on the first try most of the time). I really believe that she could succeed in this career and eventually make it to a position where the work is more comfortable, being a Prep Cook is tough, just requires a ton of repetitive work (chopping vegetables, organizing the freezer, carrying boxes around) and doesn't involve a lot of cooking which is what she'd love to do.

I firmly believe that, if she powered through this initial step in the career, she'd eventually get the opportunity to show off her skills. I'm just unsure how we can get there without living a miserable life until she's promoted or something.