DeShena Woodard How much: $51,754 in 2 years 8 months DeShena Woodard is happy. She’s working full time in her dream job as an RN, running her own financial blog and living in a suburb outside of Houston. From the outside looking in, you’d never guess this got-it-all-together professional was recently struggling. Just a few years … Continued
When college students paying their own way have a financial hiccup, they have to make hard choices about how to spend their limited funds — and some turn to their food budget to close a gap. Gina Higgins, a mechanical engineering student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, has paid for school with a … Continued
Bernadette Joy and AJ Maulion How much: $309,800 in 3 years Bernadette Joy Maulion, 34, went to business school part time after a career in human resources, hoping to start a new chapter in her professional life. School wasn’t cheap, and she took out $72,000 in student loans. She and husband AJ, 37, had a $57,000 … Continued