NJ woman commutes more than 5 hours to Long Island for a job she loves

The Pilates and dance instructor teaches two days a week at Hofstra University on Long Island, but lives in Montclair.

Amanda Eustice

May 14, 2025, 10:20 AM

Updated 5 hr ago

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Commuting to work for anyone can be tedious, costly and flat-out draining, but not for those who love their job.
For Alexandra Williamson that couldn’t be truer.
The Pilates and dance instructor teaches two days a week at Hofstra University on Long Island, but lives in Montclair.
It takes her two and a half hours, from hopping on an NJ Transit train, then on the Long Island Railroad and then on a shuttle bus.
She puts up with the commute for two reasons -- she loves what she does and says her industry is hard, so she has to take the gigs when she can get them!