RIVERTON, Utah - Devyn Ricks may be the very definition of a "cool mom" as she supports her family by teaching video games to children online.
Ricks, 30, conducts her classes through Outschool from her home in Riverton, Utah. Her weekly hour-long courses cost $15 to tutor children in games like "Zelda," "Mario Kart," and "Kirby." Currently, many of her students are between 9 and 14 years old.
She rakes in around $4,000 a month through her classes. Her gig helps support her husband, who’s currently in dental school, and their four daughters, ranging from 2 to 9 years old. RELATED: Impact of video games on teenage mental health"So it’s not like we can live off of the student loans and be in a one-bedroom apartment," Ricks told FOX Television Stations. "We had to find something that worked, and this is what I kind of stumbled into.""I love video games.
I really do," she added. Ricks said her background is in teaching various academic and foreign language classes virtually to students in other countries.