Hello,

I am an incoming sophomore at the University of Louisville, and this is my life: I come from a broken home that often struggled to make ends meet. My mother was a drug addict and heavy alcoholic, which made her emotionally and physically abusive to me and my siblings. She surrounded herself with dangerous men who were also addicts, putting my life in danger many times. We lived in my grandmother’s basement for a long time since my mother blew $80k on drugs, cars, alcohol, and God-knows-what-else. My father was gone during this time in the Iraq War, and didn’t come back until several years later when my mother kicked him on the streets. My father suffered from severe PTSD and this indirectly caused him to be abusive to me and my siblings too. My sister and I became suicidal, and she has ended up in hospitals all over the country as a result. Today, I still have to learn to manage my own afflictions: depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

Finally, after years of hardship and struggle, I moved out of the house and started college. I was working for UPS to pay for college, but within a month of working there I injured my back. Campus doctors recommended that I quit unless I wanted to end up in the hospital, and now I can barely do anything without my back constantly in pain or limiting my movements. Furthermore, despite my 4.0 GPA in high school, my college still didn’t offer me half of my tuition and fees in a scholarship. So, I had to pull out the biggest loans possible to pay for my school.

I’m at a crossroads. My back disallows me from work, and I can’t afford my college. I can’t believe after all those years of hell, I may not be able to go through with even earning a degree. So here I am–asking you kindly for any help you may be able to provide to me.

Any amount is something. Please. If I can’t pay for my next semester, I will likely drop out. I appreciate any help you are willing to give. Thank you.

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I’ve made some mistakes in my past that have led me to this point. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do after high school. College wasn’t stressed too much in my family. So, I joined The United States Air Force to follow in my brother and grandfather’s footsteps.

After the Air Force, I attempted to go to a big college near home and it wasn’t the right fit for me. I completed a year of school, but got tired of driving to campus everyday and walking around campus for 4-7 hours a day. So, I dropped out of that school to start at a smaller school that would get me the degree I wanted without the run-around.

Well, the school I was considering was not well known, but I knew a few people that were going there, so I chose it. After a few months it felt like the school was a joke and that I wasn’t getting anything out of the experience. I decided to focus on my job at the time and stopped going there. Not long after that, the school was shut down because of legal issues including consumer fraud and losing accreditation.

I had a few gaps between jobs and my loans went into default. I tried a few times to work with the companies to enter rehabilitation programs, but ran into issues each time. I have other loans I had to take out while attending both schools and haven’t had a job that pays enough to make ends meet.

Now, I have met the girl of my dreams, but my defaulted loans and not having a well-paying job are keeping us from eternal happiness. I need to get out of default to be able to return to school and finish my degree and begin the rest of my life.

I need $28,000 to completely wipe out the defaulted loans. I am managing my other bills fine, so I wouldn’t dream of asking anyone to help with those. But, I desperately need help to return to school and begin my life with the most amazing girl I’ve ever met.

I would be eternally grateful for any help that anyone can offer. Once I can start school back up, my life will be able to get on track. Your help would relieve this mountain of stress that has been eating away at me and I will no longer be afraid to begin my adult life. Also, I would never lose the love in my heart for all of you after I get to marry the love of my life. Thank you in advance. Sorry for the novel.

Greetings everyone. To start off, I’m a 24 year old woman that was recently accepted to medical school. It was a long hard journey to get to where I am today.

When I began college, I was a first generation college student. Navigating the ins and out of classes and everyday life was stressful enough. However, I had much more added stress from my family.

Ever since I was 13, I lived in poverty. The type of poverty where our lights and water would get turned off most months out of a year. During the winters we had to try anything to keep warm. If the lights were still on then the heat probably didn’t work so we turned on the oven and opened up the door in hopes it would heat up the house. It usually didn’t work. When it came to water, we would just buy a few gallons and wash up that way. So ever since I was old enough to work, my money was used to make sure that food was on the table for the 10 people that lived in a 2 bdrm 1 ba house.

Fast forward, in college I always had to work full-time jobs to not only make sure I could stay in school but to ensure my family had lights, water, and food. The stress I endured, drove me to become blind at 21 because of stress induced diabetes. Because my family is poor and I wasn’t able to work anymore and my insurance was stopped because of this, I went into debt to get my eye surgeries and purchase the insulin I need.

From there, I attended a post-bacc program to finish my premedical prerequisites. During this time I worked the night shift in a nursing home full time while going to school full time and taking care of my grandmother. Taking care of my grandmother consists of paying rent and alk utilities so she can have a place to stay. I only make $10.50 an hour so after everything is paid, I never have enough money for personal items like a new pair of socks.

Recently, I’ve been accepted to medical school and need two installments of $500 ($1000 total) to secure my spot by Monday May 6th. I feel like I’ve worked so hard and have come so far to not continue my medical education because of monetary reasons. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even $20 would be a help to securing the money I need to pursue my medical education. My

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Thank you for listening!

I know this is a long shot, so I’ll attempt to be as honest as I can. I’ve released been released on probation after spending two nights in jail for a Felony embezzlement charge due to my own panicked and reckless thinking – that, I needed the money from the place I was working at the cover the bills. It was stupid and shortsighted, and it ended up costing my family more than I ever got from it.

My one ray of hope is college – if I can complete that magical task, I stand a chance of getting a good job and lifting myself and my parents of this rut that I just deepened. I’m on the HYTA, so my record will be cleared if good behavior persists.

Wanting a decent education that’s close to home, I’ve been attending Oakland University and so far until my road bump things have been going smoothly. However, my paranoia has sprung once again at ‘the talk’ – whispers and words exchanged that I will not be able to make it through school alone.

I’d like to promise that I’m getting scholarships, and by god I’ll try, but I won’t lie. I’m a solid C-B student, so the chances of receiving aid from the school or benefactors high enough to push me through the next three years of near $12,000 tuition is expensive.

The option to drop to a cheaper college is one I could potentially take – but one that would best be avoided. Instability in my life is the last thing I, and my parents, need to go through – and with the suffocating threat of probabtion looming over me I’m deathly afraid to do anything that they’d consider ‘extreme’ and have me locked up again.

I’m not asking for $36,000, or even $1,000. Any dime and penny helps, and between mandated community service, light summer classes at a community college to catch back up, and a potential job to help pay – I’d be glad for any help.

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Hi! My name is Jade and I’m 17 about to be 18 and I have no family to help me save money for college and I really need help. I have 4 other sisters and brothers and a single parent. My dad can’t afford to help me pay for college. My step mom lives in a different state and my bio mom left when I was 5. I’ve been searching desperately for jobs and I finally got one! I am still going to need help though. I am in high school and I’ll be graduating May 23 and after I graduate I will be working full time. I also need to save up money for a car and insurance to start out with. If you are willing to help me out

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My name is elvins, im a 22 year old college student and work part time in an office in NYC. i am a fine arts major with 2 semesters left to graduate and i have been working at my office for the past 2 1/2 years. Recently my struggles have caught up with me and i’ve been slammed with alot of debt. I have tuition to pay for and i do not get financial aid , rent to my parents to pay and i have come into debt with the IRS and with NY State. This because my job decided to label me as a contractor and pay me by check with no tax. Any would be happy to be tax free but this isn’t the case. I did not want to be labeled under contractor and i worked full time hours. I’ve worked my ass off for the company and i feel as if they did me wrong. Not only that i make minimum wage and get paid by-weekly. i am struggling now more than ever. I cannot afford to pay my parents rent for my room and i cannot afford to pay my tuition. I missed a semester before because i could not pay out of pocket. And my manager Ray paid my semester last year. i still owe him $2,700. he has been the kindest in helping me out. but it seems now i have no help. being a full time student and worker has become hard on me. And i do not have time for myself or my friends or family or even my girlfriend. I’ve come into a depression realizing my hard work isn’t enough to pay my dues. for the past month my paychecks have come down to the wire and i’ve been eating cream cheese bagels to save and get by. I am an excellent student last i checked i had a 3.6 GPA. i have a passion for art and communications. i want to continue my career and explore new ideas. One being a podcast for young adults and students to speak on their life experiences. I am very proud of my ambition to start a podcast. However due to my situations i cannot even afford it. I havent bought anything for myself. not clothes not shoes or underwear or what not. I’ve sold my xbox and my old phone, ive handed out flyers and helped some friends move to gain some cash. However through all my efforts i cannot afford the debt that has been handed to me. By April 15th i have to pay a total of $1,500 to the IRS. I also owe a past due tuition balance of $1,500. and i owe my manager Ray $2,700. all within such a small time frame i have become overwhelmed and in need of any help. To be 22 years old and in debt isn’t fun. i want to go back to being stress free and i do not want to worry whether or not i will attend my next semester. In a sense i want to get my life together and improve. but i cannot do it alone. and i cannot afford to keep going. But i will not give up on my goals. i always put myself before others and offer when i don’t even have it. If i’ve done anything to deserve this then i can accept that but i know i am an honest person, a hard working and very ambitious. I only seek the help needed to get me by. I wish to be debt free and feel free. i want to enjoy time with my friends and family and enjoy being in school again.

To whoever is willing to help me i sincerely thank you

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I’m ready to go the rest of the distance… with some help!

It has been no secret that I have struggled a lot in my life, particularly these most recent years. I’ve fought mental illness, trauma, financial hardship and, most of all, myself. I’ve been fighting most recently to figure out what I’m going to do with myself. I need to find a purpose that I pursue for myself because that’s what I really want. It took a lot of thinking, and I think I know what I want to fight for.

I was so close to graduating a few years back when I stopped going to school. I’d had help from my parents, and, like with a lot of things, I got scared when I neared accomplishment. I want to go back. I want to get my Associate’s. I want to fight for myself.

I am, however, not in a place where I can afford it financially, and I thought long and hard about what I could do to raise money. I’m trying to find some sort of work or income that still allows me to attend the programs I’m in while also considering my health. So that’s why I’m starting one of these! It’s not because I’m in a desperate place but because I’m in a positive place where I believe in myself and know what I want. With a little help, I might be able to accomplish that sooner rather than later.

I’m going to go to the college and find out how much it would cost to take one class each semester this summer, but I’m setting the monetary goal fairly high so I can continue in the Fall. I know that I can do this, and, if I get my groove back, I’ll probably be able to apply for Financial Aid again or at least the Pell Grant that I received last time. I need a jump start though, and I need to convince people to believe in me as much as I believe in myself.

I fell hard this past winter. I was involuntarily committed for being a danger to myself, and I had to face a lot of hard truths. I’ll be honest. I’ve come really close to slipping up again. I haven’t, though, and I’m really proud of myself for that. I’ve been keeping up with my therapy and psychiatry appointments, and I’ve been involved in day programs and support groups to help me stay strong. I know I’m ready to finish school and continue building my confidence in myself. Because I know I can do this, and I just need some other people to believe in me too.

If you can spare anything, it would mean the world to me. I really want to do this.

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Hi everyone. I am a 22-year-old female finally coming to the last few weeks of my undergraduate studies! My field of work (Psychology and Sociology) requires a graduate degree for basically any career that I would like to pursue. I have worked very hard throughout my years here. I’ve spent countless hours studying, in research labs, typing papers, and completing projects all while trying to maintain a social life to keep me sane! Each year I end with a bank account balance of around $5 and a nice credit card statement. Right now I have about $50, owe $580 on my credit card, have to pay for graduation regalia and still have a month of bills left to pay for my apartment which will cost around $80. When I return home, the only job opportunity I have at the moment is returning to my bartending job while applying to multiple graduate school programs which cost tons of money and require the same amount of effort, time, and attention a full time job would. Additionally, the bar already has a schedule made which means I will probably be squeezed in and only working 2 days a week. This means I will get about $100-200 a week if I’m lucky. That in no way, shape, or form will assist me in paying for my graduate school fees. My end goal is to become a successful psychologist and would love to be able to give back to others. I always find myself dwelling on the fact that I am unable to donate money to others in need through funding websites because of my lack of money. Once I leave here, I will be paying for my car, food, gas, clothes, and application fees… Not to mention the disturbing amount of debt my tuition put me in. I pride myself in the fact that I was able to pay my for my rent, food, books, and necessities on my own as well as take out loans for tuition and room/board (when I was in a dorm for two years). I just need a bit of help pulling myself out of the financial hole I am in so I can race towards my goals and make my family proud. I was never interested in school and even wanted to drop out of high school. So the fact that I’ve made it through college, earned my bachelor’s degree (almost), and will be attending additional schooling is amazing to me and I can say I’m proud of myself for once. I know I don’t have an emotional story like the others do on this site. But, if anyone would be willing to even just help pay my last month of bills or my credit card debt, I would be more joyful than words could describe. Regardless, thank you so much for taking the time to read this! I really do appreciate it.

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I hope all is well for you and you’re very blessed as I am. I would really like to say I am honestly fascinated by what you guys do here and I am in hopes that one day I will be doing the same thing myself in the future. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and my life. My name is Sarah, I am 18 years old, I love to play basketball, draw, write, volunteer/do kind acts, and many other things honestly. I am the daughter of 2 West African refugees that have worked themselves to the bone to care for my siblings and I. I honestly love my parents, I admire their strength to be completely honest, I won’t lie and say that our relationship is perfect because it honestly isn’t, but they are my entire world! In 2008, when the recession hit, my father lost his job and in the time he was the main financial source for our family, so my older siblings were contributing as much as they could while they were in school and taking care of their own families, we still struggled a lot from then on, to were our home has been on the verge of being foreclosed, homeless and my parents are in debt! To most people their debt isn’t as bad as I portray it to be, but for the low income we had, it was a pain. Some days we did not have food, some days it was bread and water/juice, and most days it was ramen noodles, mind you I am forever grateful that the Lord provided us, but there was only so much ramen a person can eat, haha. My father continued to bounce from job to job, which was odd because he has so many degrees, from medical to paralegal to business (human resources), and it just seemed as if nothing was ever in his favor, though he worked, along with my mom , the money was never enough, it was one bill after the other. In 2013, my father suffered a stroke from carbon monoxide poisoning and almost didn’t make it, but by grace he did. In that time we really hit rock bottom, my mother would have to work day in and day out to just come up with what almost seemed as ends meets, but it was never enough. It killed me to see her working so hard for it to never pay off, it my sister that is 3 years older than me and my 3 younger siblings. My sister worked to, she gave up her dreams just to work and help my mother, and my mother’s health isn’t the best either, but she makes due. It is now 2019, it’s the same thing with the late payments, one bill after the other. I work now, I am an honors student athlete, I work weekends only and it isn’t enough still. I graduate this year and contribute to bills as much as I can. I need to buy my cap and gound, buy graduation tickets, pay for my college registration fees, I wanted to go to my final prom on the 13th, but I don’t have the funds to support it, so I won’t be going and for college I still have remaining balances I will need to pay each semester, as you should know. I am starting to realize that this is getting really sad, and that wasn’t my intention, but I just wanted to give you some background about myself. I don’t want to sound ungrateful because I am grateful for what I have and the experiences because they have only molded me into a better person. I don’t want to request an amount, but I would like to ask for what you can give because anything helps. I truly want to thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you take it into consideration, and even if not I would like to still hear from you guys and see if I can do anything to help this foundation. God bless you all!

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I recently had my son in February of this year. I’m 20, trying to balance taking care of him by myself and going to college and I’ve run into some financial issues. I’ve never had health insurance so when I had my son the hospital bills stacked up. I paid them to the best of my ability but they still loom over me.

I’m trying to go back to college now whether online or in person; but, I don’t have the money to pay for everything. I could cover tuition or books. Not both while I’m still paying hospital bills and normal bills.

I need to go back to college to earn a degree to help better my family’s future but I don’t want financial problems to affect my son getting what he needs. I need help. I don’t want to give up on furthering my education because I had my son. He is the my whole world now and I want to be able to give him the best one day.

I’ve been told I shouldn’t of had my son, that I should of had an abortion, that he’d ruin my life if I had him this young, all said from my family. The only thing is that I was beyond depressed before having my son and now I’m happier than I’ve ever been. Tired and constantly broke; but, I’m happy even through the tough times.

Going to college isn’t an option, it’s something I have to get done.

I feel silly asking for help online but I know how important it is that I go back now and not another 20 years from now.

I don’t attend a fancy college, I’m at a simple community college and I have everything planned out to transfer to a university in a year. I’m trying my best to be a mom my son can grow up and be proud of.

This is a matter of being able to advance in life and not get stuck in a rut where I constantly feel like I’m struggling to take care of my family. Going to college is a top priority because it’ll lead me to a better life and I need help making it possible this semester.

Everyone needs a helping hand every now and again and so I ask you, if you can spare it, can you please help me?

Thank you and God bless.

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As a child growing up I have always had a dream to go to college and be determined to do many things after high school. Even though I was at such a young age I really had a goal to play at a high division one school, the closer I got the more reality hit me. I realized the amount of cost and requirements to get into these really big schools.

High School I learned more about what I could do to get into these schools and play college baseball. I have to have full dedication and determination to get these things done. I stand out from many people due to the hard work and amount of drive I have to get task done correctly and on time. Many people start to procrastinate and believe they deserve things for their participation but the work that is done, determines what is deserved. I started working as soon as I was able to since one of my goals was to buy my own first car and I have worked as bus boy, dishwasher and blocks man for the past years and also picking up side jobs that I could. I was finally able to purchase my car I truly wanted and it was mine, My 2010 Hyundai Genesis was my very own vehicle. It is my first real example of my hard work as I can show it off wherever I go.

Another way my strong and determined traits are displayed is my signed commitment to a division one school for baseball. I’ve had the goal of playing beyond high school since I could hit and throw and had the drive from winning. I have had my parents support me every year trying to get me the exposure I needed to go play baseball after high school. As I gradually grew as a leader and student of the game, my coach was finally able to get me the opportunity to show my skills off in front of a very good school. Once they told me they wanted me, I was finally able to say I have achieved one of my biggest goals that I had set for myself.

The obstacles and achievements I have been though have made me the strong, hardworking and determined student that I am today. I constantly set new goals for myself to achieve to always get better and I believe I will be able to achieve many of my set goals through my studies within college and life and grow as a role model to my family and those people who look up to me.

Hello, my name is Tara, and I am in need of assistance to get my life back on track. To share a bit about myself, I graduated high school in 2007 with no idea of my future career path. I was pressured into selecting a school and major by my parents and never had the opportunity to explore my options. I chose something in haste that I was never fully certain of, and needless to say, I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography. During my job search, I found that companies were either looking for unpaid interns or did not pay people a respectable wage. So I did a little freelance work for some time but found that the market was oversaturated and clients wanted to pay next to nothing for your hard work. I took what design-related jobs I could find, but the pay was never enough for me to repay my student loans.

In 2012, I gave birth to a baby boy named Milo. I dedicated my life to caring for and raising him while his father was displaced due to work. Three years later, Milo was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and our lives were turned upside down. I decided to take a different direction in my career path and became interested in working with children with special needs.

In 2016, I began working at a school specializing in behavioral therapy for children with autism and learned a great deal from my time there. I quickly learned that this was something I enjoyed and wanted to pursue. My family and I relocated from Texas to Nevada in 2018, and I continued on my career path as a teacher assistant in an early childhood program for children with autism.

Working with all of these wonderful kiddos has really given me joy and gratification in seeing their growth. I could not picture myself doing anything else. I would like a second chance to start over. My ideal goal is to obtain a degree in occupational therapy or a related field and continue to help children with special needs, but in order to do so, I will need some financial help.

I’m only asking for someone to help me with my current school debt only so that I can have a clean slate in furthering my education. Due to the status of my loans (defaulted), I will most likely not be able to apply for student financial aid, let alone be allowed to go back to school. My current school debt amount is approximately $30,000. If you would be so kind to help me out, I would be forever grateful to you and more than happy to share with you my progress in school and life. You will have changed my life, my family’s life, as well as the lives of others. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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Ariana is a 16 year-old girl from Utah. She currently attends West High School. She is a hard-working young lady, who takes advanced and skilled classes. Her favorite class is her College Film and Literature Spanish class. She would be the first female in her family to attend college. She is in her schools  Nationally ranked A’ Capella.

In years past she’s received the Cesar Chavez Language Arts Award(2016,2018), the Academic  Excellence Presidential Award(2015), The National Youth Leadership Award(2015). She is  immensely passionate about civil rights and her Latino community and culture.  When asked “What do you want to be when you grow  up?”, she said “I wish I could be a superhero, as odd as it sounds its true. Being a superhero would mean that I could save someone who is in a tough situation, because that’s what superheroes do. They save people who need it the most, they know the rules of the game, they know whats fair and what’s not. They know that what was done to me and my family wasn’t fair. I know in my heart that there are hundreds of human beings who need a superhero in their life. I want to be a superhero in hundreds of people’s lives. The more common term used to describe them would be lawyers. I want to be a lawyer.  So many people have influenced my life to come to this decision, even superheros of my own.”

Due to her academic excellence she has been invited to attend the National Student Leadership Conference this summer, July 2019. She has decided to do the Law Program at Yale University. After completing the program  she would be awarded an Academic Transcript, Letters of Recommendation and a Certificate of Achievement. But since the school is far from where she is. Her flight and the Conference fee’s will be quite costly for her and her family to pay. By donating, you can help her achieve her goals in becoming the superhero that, she quotes, “needs” to be.

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Hello!

First of all, thank you for taking your time to read over my campaign and for considering it.

I am currently a student in my last year of high school. Ever since I can remember I have been interested in visiting England. Suddenly at the end of the year 2018, I decided that I wanted to study/settle in England this 2019. I want to experience a different culture, explore a new place, become independent, discover/learn about myself and immerse myself more in the English language; I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and I learned English when I moved to the United States almost 4 years ago.

I understand that taking such a big step will come with many difficulties, especially financially, but I am willing to learn from those experiences.

As soon as I set my goal, I started my research on the process. The first thing I did was apply to universities. After doing that, I researched on scholarships, plane tickets, visas, accommodations, etc. I realized that a trip to England would be more expensive than I thought, especially when it came to the universities; as an international student fees would be higher, and from what I have researched scholarships are hard to find. After the realization I searched for another alternative; study abroad programs, but they are also expensive, and I wouldn’t be able to pay for all of it even if I get a scholarship for it.

Since I have not been accepted to any of the universities I applied to yet, I cannot say how much the fees will be. A plane ticket would be around $1,465. I found two home stays ( I don’t know which of the two I will be staying at yet); one would be $13 a night, while the other one would be $21 a night, plus there is a booking fee which varies. A visa would be around $395.43, while the health insurance would be around $1,532.27.

I don’t want to put all that burden on my parents because financially they are struggling, and they also have many other things to worry about. Even by getting a job I wouldn’t be able to raise/save as much money I will need all by myself.

If I get accepted to one of the universities I applied to, I would be leaving in August, but if I don’t get accepted I would still like to go there to settle around July, and try to work on achieving my goal while being there. I am really sure of my decision, and I don’t want to give up on it. I will work hard before I get to accomplish my goal and after I do so too.

Any help will mean a lot to me. I will deeply appreciate all the donations. Thank you in advance!

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Hello All,

I am a fulltime senior nursing student at Chamberlain College of Nursing. I have a 3.8 grade point average out of 4, with dean’s honors. I enjoy clinical nursing rotations and have been placed in several underserved facilities of Chicago, including Loretto Hospital and the Center Home for Hispanic Elderly. I currently work for the school’s peer tutor center, as well as hold another part time job off campus. I am looking for work as a certified nursing assistant and do whatever I can on my own to make ends meet. However, I am nearing $150,000 in student loan debt. I no longer qualify for loans because of the amount of debt I have from my previous degree and I just want to get through this program so that I can start paying down the debt I already have!

I need $17,000 to make it through the end of my program. I currently work 2 jobs to make ends meet, but this barely covers the bills let alone tuition. I believe in helping others and paying it forward. I hope to be able to give back to the community upon completion of my program. I would love to continue to mentor other nursing students, as well as volunteer in low cost or free community clinics as a registered nurse. I’d like to be able to help those who cannot afford full coverage health care.

It’s an unfortunate case that many of us face, where higher education ends up placing us in more debt than we can handle. What is meant to help us stabilize our lives and offer us a chance to earn a comfortable living often leaves us clawing and crying to get out of the lower middle class, only to fall further down into it. I simply want to start my life in a rewarding career. I want to be able to say, I worked hard to get where I am and can now afford to help others who are like me.

I ask you to, please, take a look into your heart and spare whatever you might have to give. Each and every cent helps me and in return some day I can help someone else. Perhaps I will be the one taking care of your mother in the nursing home, your baby with the sniffles, or your spouse after a bad plate of shrimp. Or perhaps I will be the one helping your grandchild’s best friend when they need help paying for school as well.

Hello, first before starting anything, I would like to say a huge thank you to those who are willing to offer a helping hand! I truly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. -Jose H.

Hello, my name is Jose Hernandez. I currently am attending college at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am pursuing my bachelors degree in Computer science in the concentration of software engineering. Before I talk about myself, I would like to let you know on what is going on back at home.

I am not from San Antonio. I am here because I am pursuing a higher education and want to make use of myself in the world. The place from where I am from, is from a small city called Weslaco, Tx. It is 4 hours away from San Antonio, but its still enough to feel homesick. My family back at home consist of my 2 youngest sisters, who are 3 and 5. My little brother who is 10 years old right now and my brother before me, who has autism, is currently 14. I am right after my brother, at the age of 18, and my oldest brother is in the military right now as a mechanical engineer, at the age of 23.

My mother is currently staying at my grandmas house (her mom’s house) right now. My mom is a stay at home mom because she has to take care of the kids, clean, cook and provide for them.  My dad is the only one in the family currently who has a job. He works around different parts of the U.S ranging from Virginia, Louisianna, and Odesa, Tx. He works as a construction worker helping for cementing projects at different companies. He makes $14 an hour and works non stop around the clock. As good as that may sound, it puts my dad at alot of stress. My dad wires money back home to my mom to help support them. My mom has enough financial problems as it is, and now she has to worry about me going to college. My dads amount of income is not enough to help me go through college alone, and to top it all off, it does not help that my mom is in serious amounts of debt. With her bad debt comes bad credit. It is hard for me to get necessities for college such as a laptop or a car. It is hard because everywhere we go, people decline us due to her credit score. My mom has tried to make an effort to help me. As much as I appreciate her help, it is not enough to help me get by. I don’t want to come off as ungrateful of her help but for her to be struggling back at home and for her to worry about my college, just makes me feel bad. I know how much my family has been struggling, which is why I came to college. I came to college to pursue my degree and to hopefully find a successful job in the computer science field and to finally help my mom and pay her back for all that she has done for me. I want to continue, but the way things are looking. I do not know how I can keep going. Going through the weeks, I am running out of clothes to wear. I find myself wearing the same clothes every week. I find myself lacking basic supplies to take notes in class. I am in desperate need of a computer! Im a computer science major, so not having a computer really hinders my learning abilities and participation of school work and assignments. I just need help. If you are still reading, I would truly appreciate anything that would help support me in my efforts to keep pursuing college. I am thankful for you and your efforts in supporting me. God Bless <3

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I recently graduated college with a bachelor’s degree in Business. I decided to go to college right after high school. I was determined and willing to do anything to get into any college to get a degree. Being the first person in my family to graduate would be such an honor and huge achievement. I knew it would make my parents and family so proud. Like most people I didn’t have thousands of dollars to spend on an education so I began taking out student loans. Being so young I wasn’t aware of the horrors of student loans and no one in my family ever needed them. I knew that I would have to pay them back eventually but didn’t realize how soon they would come and how much interest would accumulate. I’ve now graduated and work a decent job making okay money. However, that pay doesn’t come close to the shameful and embarrassing amount of student debt that I’ve accumulated. I was sold a dream thinking that I would get out of college find a high paying job and would have no worries about debt. I was smart enough to not accumulate any credit card debt during my college years, as I can budget my finances relatively well. While finishing up my last year of school my mother passed away, it was by far the most devastating thing to ever happen to me. I wish she was alive to share what should be a joyous time in my life. I’ve spent hours researching ways to make extra money while working. Although I’m getting close to finding a solution those things take time. I aspire of getting a master’s degree and a PhD, but that will not be at all possible with the amount of debt I have racked up. Which is a shame because it’s something that I have wanted since I was a child. Ever since I was young, I knew I was meant to achieve great things and be knowledgeable in life and go far. I have such a strong work ethic, as I worked all through college to support myself and be independent. I’m glad platforms like this exist and I will be forever thankful to anyone who decides to donate anything towards this student loan debt. I am full of faith and hope and know for sure that there are great people out there. Paypal.me/animalluver25

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Hello, I’m Hannah. I’m 18 years old and it’s almost been a year since I graduated high school, I am so ready to go back to school and start making a career for myself but I don’t know if I will ever be able to afford it, I don’t even have a car.

I’m an only child, I live with my two parents who work their butts off basically every single day of the week, yet we are still struggling. We’ve been struggling with money for a few years now, we were never “rich” but we had good lives, now every single thing is a struggle. I had a job, I left it a few weeks ago due to mental health issues and to the fact that I was not being paid fairly, I had received a promotion that basically gave me so many more responsibilities, yet I had never received a raise for it. My mental health has improved since I quit, in 2017 I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety after battling with it for 6 years prior. I take medicine now but my job just made it so much worse. I was going crazy, I was losing a sense of myself, I couldn’t keep going. I’ve been job hunting ever since I have been applying to places yet I haven’t received any callbacks, I’m struggling.

My biggest passion in life is art, I’ve been doing it ever since I was able to hold a pencil. I want to go to school for graphic design and visual arts and make a career out of something I love. Right now I’m attempting to freelance, I’ve been using my free time to strengthen my skills, I have an account on redbubble where I sell my designs and I’ve started doing commissions but it’s been really hard trying to take off and be noticed. I cannot wait to go to school but I have no idea when I’d ever be able to, we are always behind on our payments, my mother can barely afford to keep her car and every single time my parents receive their paycheck all their money is immediately taken just to pay bills.

I need a car, how can I attend school if I don’t even have a car? I don’t even know if I will be able to apply for car loans.

For anyone taking the time to read this, I can’t describe how immensely grateful I would be if you donated even just a dollar, even just anything. Thank you so much for reading.

https://paypal.me/hannah1295