We Have Nearly $500,000 in Student Loan Debt; Will We Ever Get Ahead?

Update: 2022-06-27

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Student loan debt can make you feel like you’re never going to get ahead, especially when your total student loan balance is hundreds of thousands of dollars - as it is for this weeks' listener. In this episode host, Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez, interviews Melissa Jean-Baptiste, the founder of Millennial in Debt, about her journey of paying off $102,000 of debt, and her strategies for anyone else trying to do the same.

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Money Confidential is produced by:

Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez

Mickey O'Connor - Senior Editorial Director, Real Simple

Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer

Jenny Snyder - Audio Producer

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