I went to an insanely expensive graduate program at NYU, that on a positive note allowed me to work in the fabulous field that I work in, but also...
Basically I was young and uneducated about finance. All of my current debt is for a school loan for my Bachelor's program. I had absolutely no...
The entirety of my debt is from Student Loans for Undergrad and Graduate School (most Graduate School)
I took federal student loans to help pay for my BFA and MFA. During hard times when I first started teaching and could not meet all of my living and...
childbirth and death of a parent (palliative care)
As an artist and single mother of two living in NYC, I got into debt in order to survive. It started with student loans with the idea that once I...
bought a house, raising a son as a single mother
I recently paid off my student loan. I wish I could say I am debt free but I still have medical bills.
I have always had an "outside" job to pay my bills, rent, food, car, gas, etc. I used credit cards to buy clothes, groceries, art materials...
Undergrad and grad school for art, and by making large public art (small budgets big expectations from commissioners.... "but the exposure is...
Supposedly I owed a tiny amount more on a credit card after I paid up what I was told I owed. This tiny amount had subsequently snowballed. This was...
Mortgage, credit cards
Graduate school
Supporting my art practice for almost 20 years in New York, Baltimore and Brooklyn. Living with the wrong woman. Occasional irresponsible behavior (...
Student Loan that I couldn't pay when I was caught in the "starving artist" syndrome and which has since become exasperated by...
Student loans to pursue my dance career. I wanted a better education at another school and it was out of state, so that is a majority of where my...
College Education / ignorance
graduate school