Published May 24, 2010

As we begin our series on the “education bubble” this week, Monica Brady-Myerov profiles Nicole Benson, an Endicott College grad who has accrued almost $100,000 in debt.

Benson got a full-time hospitality job after college, but she was laid off in 2009. Now she makes an hourly wage as a bookkeeper and gets 20 to 30 calls a day from creditors. “I worked so hard and I really have nothing to show for it,” she says. “I live in the cheapest place available to me. I drive a car that is barely running.”

It’s a devastating and increasingly common story. We’ll take your calls and comments on the issue for a deeper conversation today on Radio Boston. Meanwhile, I want to know: Do you have student loan debt? How much?

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