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Lisa Philip | WBEZ

Parents who borrowed to pay for kids’ college face a restart of loan payments

Freddie Ramos, holding framed photos of his kids. (Lisa Philip / WBEZ)

When Freddie Ramos’s kids were still in elementary school, he took them to eat lunch at colleges across Illinois. He wanted Freddie Jr. and Gabriel to understand the importance of higher education and help them feel they belonged on campus.

So when it came time for them to go to college, the Chicago resident felt an obligation to help pay for their degrees.

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