My name is Andrea, and I currently have $112,623 in debt. The short version of my story is simply that I used student loans for my entire education, which is how I earned a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. I’m currently a preschool teacher’s assistant, and I only make $24,000 a year. As a result, I have a second job and work about 80 hours a week, every single week. The majority of
‘my’ student loan debt is a ‘stupid tax,’ because I co-signed on a student loan for an ex-boyfriend. I constantly tell my friends to work hard and save to pay cash for everything they buy. A few of them have listened, but I pray that no one else has to endure what I’m going through. This debt has ruined relationships, and there are many days that I can’t quite picture the end