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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

My hobbies range from reading to painting, pen-and-ink drawing, cooking/baking, and writing. We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! My grandpa would shoot squirrels when they needed meat, and they had a big garden and my grandmother baked her own bread.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

What are your hobbies? The inspiration to pay off my debt was watching my grandmother balance her checkbook. That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from?