I’m one of the 2019 Morehouse College grads who found out my student loans would be paid off in full. Here’s what the experience was like — and how I plan to pay it forward.

Elijah Dormeus was about to graduate Morehouse College with $94,000 in debt. Then, it was all paid off by billionaire Robert F. Smith.

Elijah Dormeus was a May 2019 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. At Dormeus' graduation ceremony earlier this year, the school's commencement speaker, the billionaire Robert F. Smith, famously announced that he would be paying off the student loans of everyone in the graduating class. Dormeus, who came from humble beginnings, had student loan debt of $94,000 at the time of the announcement.

Elijah Dormeus was a May 2019 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. At Dormeus' graduation ceremony earlier this year, the school's commencement speaker, the billionaire Robert F. Smith, famously announced that he would be paying off the student loans of everyone in the graduating class. Dormeus, who came from humble beginnings, had student loan debt of $94,000 at the time of the announcement.

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