- Many student loan borrowers are experiencing challenges on their timeline to debt forgiveness.
- Here’s what they can do to stay on track for the relief.
Aubrey Bertram was starting to imagine her life without student debt.
Bertram, a staff attorney at Wild Montana, a nonprofit that works on land conservation in the state, had just around two and a half years left of payments before her $247,804 federal student loan balance would be excused under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
But for many months now, she’s been frozen on her timeline to that relief.
“We’re not getting credit,” said Bertram, 35. “This time has been devastating.”
Bertram took out her…