Tonya J. has been a lawyer and a White House appointee.
She also is close to a half a million dollars in student loan debt. “Most of that, 2/3 of that, I’d say is interest.”
Each month, she is expected to pay $278 for the loan and another $750 in interest.
The Silver Spring resident was one of about 40 people who attended Councilmember Kristin Mink’s student loan debt cancellation event Wednesday at the White Oak Community Recreation Center.
Another 10 people came to a previous event in Leisure World. The focus was on assisting senior citizens and people with disabilities.
Mink, as well representatives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid and…