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She has a few options, but her life choices will make her future hard. I have 2 friends this happened to, its possible to change things around.
1) hire an attorney to get the felony expunged. its costly, but will pay off HUGE if done. I've seen these happen, even to a friend that had a drug conviction. Depending on the charges and how long ago, as long as shes been a "model citizen" and not gotten into any trouble its worth it. Especially if she can claim she can not get a job because of her area of expertise (i.e. college degree)
2) while in college I had a buddy who used to sell pot. thought he was invincible until he got pulled over one day coming back from a bar. not only was he over the legal limit and got a DUI, but also charged with "intent to sell" and the cops found an unregistered gun in the car... big no-no! The gun wasnt his, but hung out with the wrong crowd and someone left it, but its his car and his problem.
So... now his option is to work construction for the rest of his life or find companies that do not do background checks. he was going to school for graphic design and moved to NYC to work for an agency. they never asked and he never told them. Sure, its not the best company but he has to fly under the radar.
Good luck to your friend, but there are options out there. Her best bet would be to move to a city like Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Chicago, etc and work for a start up.
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