Then the coronavirus outbreak upended his life. The private school informed him it was ending his teaching contract as it prepared for a drop in enrollment due to the health crisis.
His local private clients, whether restaurants offering language classes to their staffs or vacationers prepping for trips abroad, also dried up in light of people canceling their international travel and eateries being forced to close due to the virus."My business tanked.
As soon as they closed, I lost 90% of my business," said Rosso, 42, a gay man who lives alone in an apartment in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district.To stretch what income he is making, Rosso informed his landlord in April he would not be paying rent, which is more than $2,000 a month.