Kathryn Vaughn works many odd jobs to supplement her teacher's salary
Kathryn Vaughn returned to work at a rural West Tennessee elementary school this autumn with a lot more stress on her plate than in previous years.
The 46-year-old, like many Americans, is juggling how to provide for her family with rising costs of, as she described it, "everything".
She spends her days working three different jobs to support her family of four, including as a primary school art teacher, as US inflation continues to rise.
Over the past 12 months, prices rose by 3.7% - up from 3.4% in the 12 months to August, according to officials numbers released on Wednesday.