'For real equity, we must eliminate the need for student debt altogether by pushing to make all public higher education free.'
I was raised on a small reservation. My father had only a middle-school education. But my mother, who was in the first generation of her family to attend college, made sure my siblings and I understood that the pathway to a better life for ourselves and our community was a college education.
I did this because I felt called to service work that would benefit my people. Unfortunately, I've learned this kind of employment doesn't pay remotely enough to afford my student loan payments. But I've pursued a career in social work anyway in order to support my community.
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