Nancy McKenna: Mistakes Smart Parents Make that Cause a lot of Student Loan Debt
Nancy's Bio
Nancy McKenna helps families get through college without a student debt hangover. She particularly focuses on middle-income families who may feel they cannot get any financial help.Nancy wants to help end the student debt problem. It really is possible to get a quality college degree without going into huge amounts of debt.
Her first money memory
Growing up her parents were really frugal. They measured everything.Her worst money memory
Every time that she had debt.
Her best money memory
Being able to amass over $100k in her 401K.5 Mistakes Smart Parents Make that Cause a Lot of Student Loan Debt
Not having saved much money
People who choose out of state colleges
Letting your child fall in love with a school that you cannot afford.
Match the degree with the school
Start at a community college and live at home.
One thing she does daily to build wealth consciousness
Automate her payments to 401K and 529 plan.Get in Touch with Nancy
About the Author
Clarissa Wilson
Clarissa Wilson is a financial strategist and online educator who holds two master’s degrees in Forensic Accounting. Also creative and spiritual, she is an intuitive empath and introvert. Clarissa is the host of The Prosper + Profit Podcast, where money conversations occur on a daily basis -- as she believes that money shouldn’t be a taboo subject. After growing up on a dairy farm and learning to work hard for money, Clarissa awakened to a path that allowed wealth to flow easily to her. Clarissa currently lives in Pennsylvania with her two cats.