A former high school teacher in Ohio who resigned when her OnlyFans account was discovered by her bosses said she joined two X-rated sites to pay her debts and provide for her single-income family — but said it feels like a “part of me has died” since leaving her teaching gig.

Jennifer Ruziscka, 50, who taught English at Springfield High School in Holland, Ohio, for 28 years, began posting adult content on OnlyFans and Fansly under the name “Jenniferssecrets” in December.

The former teacher said she had run two side businesses to make ends meet until she decided to post adult content when faced with financial hardships.

“Those businesses required a great deal of time and dedication to flourish, which would’ve required me to cut back on the level of commitment to my classes and my students that I was known for upholding,” Ruziscka told Fox News Digital.

“Running an OF site was quite simple in that I could set aside 20 to 30 minutes a night to produce content to post and then resume the three to four hours of work I so routinely brought home with me every night,” she said.

Despite joining OnlyFans, the teacher was still saddled with credit card debt and was behind on her mortgage and car payments, so she decided to join Fansly, according to the outlet.

She said she instantly made five times as much as she did after a month on OnlyFans.

“Just when I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief that there was now an additional source of income to help me close the financial gap that was growing larger every day, I was informed that the district was aware of my after-hours activity and was put on paid administrative leave,” Ruziscka told Fox News.

“Just like that, a 28-year career with the same school was now in jeopardy,” she said, adding that a friend who was aware she was in dire financial straits revealed her racy side gigs to the district.

“Knowing firsthand the agony and heartache associated with losing a place of employment, I cannot bring myself to [disclose the friend’s name and] avenge that level of betrayal,” she said.

“That is not who I am nor who I ever wish to be,” the former educator added.

Despite her long career, Ruziscka was not tenured due to a master’s degree requirement, according to the outlet.

She incurred discipline because her presence and content on the subscription sites had violated her teaching licenses’ conduct and technology policies.

“Springfield Local Schools was made aware of allegations where one of its teachers was participating in conduct unbecoming of a professional educator,” district Superintendent Matt Geha said last month.

“That teacher was put on administrative leave as of Monday, January 29, 2024, with the last day in the classroom Friday, January 26, 2024,” he added.

The teacher resigned on Jan. 29, two days before a disciplinary meeting was scheduled.

Ruziscka, who was also a cheerleading coach and yearbook adviser with a salary of $74,720, shared with Fox News Digital several screenshots of messages of support she has received from former students.

“I wholeheartedly believe my students would agree that my animated teaching style, innovative curriculum, and classroom expectations demonstrated all of those characteristics [of a great teacher],” Ruziscka said.

“I didn’t just teach students, I reached students,” she said, adding that each day after she left teaching “has contained a sense of sadness, emptiness and heartbreak.

“I genuinely loved entering that building, excited about what I had planned for that day, as the energy in my classroom was electric, the camaraderie among my students was contagious, and the personal and academic growth was gratifying,” Ruziscka said.

“Without my presence in a classroom, it’s as if a part of me has died,” she said.

Ruziscka previously defended her X-rated hobby by quoting Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

“In William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,’ as Juliet laments Romeo being a Montague, the only son of her family’s great enemy, she recognizes, ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,’ ” Ruziscka said.

She has since gotten a position as an English language arts tutor for an online learning platform to reduce dropout rates, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Ruziscka is just the latest teacher to be investigated and subsequently resign after their OnlyFans and other adult content sites were discovered by their schools.

In September, Missouri teacher Brianna Coppage’s OnlyFans account, which she ran with her husband, was discovered.

She resigned weeks later and eventually landed a job as a community support specialist at Compass Health, but lasted only five days before she was fired because of her adult content.