Jennifer Ledwith

I'm doing well today, Mick.

How are you?

My because is to create the conditions to help my students to succeed.

Made up of the students who lack the confidence to pursue what they really want to go after.

And my because is to help my students to attain a level of freedom through smart financial decisions when it comes to being able to go to college.

And also just the freedom that comes through being able to read well, being able to attain knowledge, the freedom that comes from education.

My students, making sure that my students have that, that's my because.

So educational freedom.

When we go to college, no matter what we study, we hope to be able to make a difference in the world.

That's why we embark.

We go to college.

And for some people, going to college is a ticket to success.

An MRS degree, a ticket to a high paying job, a ticket to entrepreneurship, a ticket to participating in creative professions.

Whatever that choice is, that is that person's choice.

But nobody enters college thinking, oh, no, I want to also have a 50 pound weight attached to my leg called student loans.

to prevent me from being able to pursue my dreams.

So just the freedom and the education is supposed to give you freedom.

When you're educated, you have choices.

But when you have that heavy, heavy burdens of tremendous student loan debt, it restricts your abilities to make these great, to take advantage of all these opportunities that your education can provide for you.

OK, so I believe in, you know, all kinds of technology can be used for good and good and used for bad.