For Rhonda, a loan helped her discover a dental assistant career she loves both for the work and for the pay. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mary Inhea Kang for NPR Mary Inhea Kang for NPRShe now owes more than $10,000 in student debt, but has kept it in forbearance, or on hold, "trying to get to a point where paying my student loans wouldn't actually break me," she says. Previously, shed lived in a half-million-dollar home in Texas with her ex-husband. He fell into a solid job in tech, rising from technician to engineer managing software contracts. After never going to the dentist until she was 18, she now geeks out learning about gum surgery, earning about $45,000 a year.
Mary has an education degree.
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    :ARG0 (z1 / person
              :name (z2 / name
                        :op1 "Mary"))
    :ARG1 (z3 / degree
              :mod (z4 / educate-01)))
Mary has an education degree .
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