In her early 20s, Andrea Contreras says her life was out of control. While in college near her hometown of Austin, Texas, she started partying every night, drinking too much and spending recklessly. In 2011, she even had to take a year off from school.
But in 2015, she decided she wanted to change.Eventually, she found faith, reconnected with her family and surrounded herself with a support system that helped her get and stay sober. The 31-year-old now earns $145,000 a year selling social media assistance programs at GoDaddyand recently bought her first home.
Financial expert Patrice Washington can relate to Contreras’ struggles. She’s faced her own hard times: “I lost everything in the [last] recession,” she says,reacting to CNBC…
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