What about signing up at Guru.com for freelance projects...?

Whatever she does, I hope she continues blogging! HAIL TO THE QUEEN....!!!!

My sister-in-law did medical transcription work for a local doctor when her kids were pre-school. Picked up the files and did the work at home, sometimes in the middle of the night when every one else was asleep!

I'd like to help but I know I don't have anything solid in your area. DC is pretty far away. However, if she's a good typist she should check out some law firms. I know our firm, like most large law firms, have word processing departments which work varied shifts and lots of opportunities for someone with that skill set and who wants to be home at night. Depending on the firm they may also have stuff that she can do from home. The doctor's office is a good idea too. Wish I could be of more help. Best of Luck!

Does she know HTML or any programming languages? There are lots of websites like Guru.com where you can post a resume online and get contracts from businesses needing a webpage designed or database created or whatnot. And computer programming, if you have the talent, is a skill you can teach yourself from a book with a lot of patience, and a fair number of Blue Screens of Death.

I second Retread's idea (does that make it a threetread idea)? Set up your own business as a transcriptionist. Heck, Dean's already a veritable walking medical encyclopedia.

Just the fact that you speak and write excellent English (as opposed to Farsi) will give you a leg up on the competition. Find out what the competitor's rates and turnaround time is, and beat them. You can raise your rates later when the doctors come to love you. Nothing mades me shudder more than reading "tubal litigation," or "atomic fluid", or worse, losing a "not" as in "the baby is not moving very well." You can imagine where losing a "not" could lead...... bad, very bad things.

I suggest tutoring. Rosemary is intelligent and should be good at tutoring. The question is, does she have the patience?

Rosemary is also good in math and science, as noted on her website. Maybe someone here has a suggestion on how she can utilize her skills in math and science.

One can pick up work at the freelance sites like guru.com but be wary of scams. There are a lot of them posted on those sites.
If you are anywhere near a college, students will often pay to have people type and proofread term papers (they'll pay to have people write them too, but I don't think she's likely to do that...).

Another advantage you would have as a tutor is that female math and science tutors probably aren't as common as male ones. Thinking as a mom, I'd be more likely to send my kid to a female tutor's home, being the sexist that I am.

Tutoring for community colleges is a great idea. She can contact the learning center or skills center at any community college. They call them different things, but she would be tutoring students that are brushing up on their skills so they can get into English 101 and other freshmen classes. It's great fun and she would be great at it, I think.

Also, if the college has a Title 3 budget or program, they offer tutoring which she could do at home. Title 3 is a federally sponsored program that offers tutoring for economically challenged and culturally diverse populations--all of us, really. Most community colleges have a Title 3 budget.

I worked under both of these programs for extra $. The pay is usually negotiable dependent on experience but they will try to get you as cheap as possible. They pay adults (?) more than they pay high school/young college students without experience.

Also, she can put up flyers on college bulletin boards offering her services and charge more. I have a science tutor that came from one such flyer. He's terrific and worth the extra.

Good luck!

Heck, Dean's already a veritable walking medical encyclopedia.

Blush.

Well actually Rosemary's even better. She's be a phenomenally good medical transcriptionist, having held a 4.0 GPA in pre-med and grad-level biology classes....