Non-profit organization\u00a0Students Rising Above (SRA) has been involved with providing financial assistance, counseling etc. to students from low-income families since two decades now. Recently, the non-profit announced that a group of anonymous donors had collected around $8 million to pay off the college debts of 400 such students in California.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Devaney, CEO at SRA, informed the students with a surprise announcement on a Zoom video call.<\/p>\n
“What I want to share with you tonight is that anonymous SRA donors have presented us with a remarkable gift,” explained Devaney. ” [It’s] intent is to eliminate student loan debt for you.”<\/p>\n
Students like Dr. Zachary Tabb, who graduated medical school two years ago and owes around $160,000, is now going to be debt-free.<\/p>\n
“It’s life changing,” said Tabb. “I’ve had debt \u2026 really my entire adult life. And so it’s just something that everywhere you go, it follows you \u2026 So\u2026 this has been nice in that way where I can sort of look broader in terms of what I do next.”<\/p>\n