RE: Maya/Her father and her "loan situation"
Im going to preface this by saying everything in this story is true. I swear it. But if you think Maya's situation is complicated, Im about to blow your minds
When I was in college, I worked in the financial aid department during summers. While I was sorting files and stuff, I came across a financial aide request/request for assistance that....might be unique? I don't remember his name but he was in the process of legally emancipating himself. Which is tough when according to the US Government, he didnt actually exist. He lived on a commune/cult and was born there. He had never been to the doctor. He had never been to the dentist and naturally, he was homeschooled. There was no record of this individual's birth so applying for a student loan was tricky. He had no social security number, no forms of ID....like I said, he effectively did not exist. I'm not even sure he had authored the letter. He had somehow come into contact with a small group of adults who, like him, had left the cult and they were trying to help him become independent and apply for school.
This probably won't surprise you, but his parents were not interesting in co-signing any loans or turning over any financial information. Not that it would have helped because according to the adults who were vouching for him, because on paper his parents were quite well off. In reality, he had, like them, grown up in large one room "homes" with his many siblings and any money that was somehow earned (because apparently the adults paid taxes and earned money.....somehow) were turned over to the cult leaders. Think Amish with a sprinkling of Jim Jones.
His financial aide request was denied. I wonder what happened to him. So yeah, I can believe a situation like Maya's could exist
Im going to preface this by saying everything in this story is true. I swear it. But if you think Maya's situation is complicated, Im about to blow your minds
When I was in college, I worked in the financial aid department during summers. While I was sorting files and stuff, I came across a financial aide request/request for assistance that....might be unique? I don't remember his name but he was in the process of legally emancipating himself. Which is tough when according to the US Government, he didnt actually exist. He lived on a commune/cult and was born there. He had never been to the doctor. He had never been to the dentist and naturally, he was homeschooled. There was no record of this individual's birth so applying for a student loan was tricky. He had no social security number, no forms of ID....like I said, he effectively did not exist. I'm not even sure he had authored the letter. He had somehow come into contact with a small group of adults who, like him, had left the cult and they were trying to help him become independent and apply for school.
This probably won't surprise you, but his parents were not interesting in co-signing any loans or turning over any financial information. Not that it would have helped because according to the adults who were vouching for him, because on paper his parents were quite well off. In reality, he had, like them, grown up in large one room "homes" with his many siblings and any money that was somehow earned (because apparently the adults paid taxes and earned money.....somehow) were turned over to the cult leaders. Think Amish with a sprinkling of Jim Jones.
His financial aide request was denied. I wonder what happened to him. So yeah, I can believe a situation like Maya's could exist