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In 2017, Millennial couple Leo and Faith Jean-Louis started off with a combined debt burden of $211,000, ac- cording to Business Insider.
After consistently paying around $2,200 towards stu- dent loan and credit card pay- ments every month, the couple knew it was time for a change. They committed to tracking their money and taking on side gigs. Within three years, Leo and Faith became debt-free. They paid off a total of $224,000 including interest.
Over the last year, the couple has boosted their net worth beyond $500,000 and are now on track to become million- aires. They also started a busi- ness, Freedom Is A Choice MVT, to help other people achieve their dream of debt freedom.
LEO AND FAITH JEAN-LOUIS AND KIDS
Alabama A&M University Receives Largest Individual Donation In Its 146-Year History
ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
“You don’t need to pay your debt off by tomorrow, next year or the year after that?” Leo wrote on Instagram. “You just need to DECIDE and have a conviction that the debt has to go! That’s where it starts. We had NO IDEA how long it was going to take us to pay off our $211,000 debt. None!
He adds, “We just knew that carrying $2,000 minimum payments were preventing us from living the life we wanted to live. So we just put one foot in front of the other and tried to figure it out as we went. Next thing you know we paid off $104,000 in our first year of marriage.”
An Alabama A&M Univer- sity alum is paying it forward by financially supporting the institution’s advancement so that it can further its mission of educating and empowering changemakers for generations to come. The HBCU recently announced it received a $2.2 million donation from an anonymous donor.
The gift is historic as it marks the largest individual donation the school has re- ceived in its 146-year history. In a note addressed to the uni- versity, the donor shared how the Alabama-based school has been instrumental in shaping their journey in education and beyond. “This gift is personal
to me,” read the note. “This is my university, and it has af- forded me opportunities be- yond what I could have ever imagined. It has been my life’s mission to make a sizeable in- vestment in my alma mater prior to President Hugine’s retirement and under the ad- vancement leadership of Dr. Archie Tucker, who has been a tremendous asset to the University. As a graduate, I personally know of several other alumni who can make a similar gift, and I challenge them to do the same. In re- turn, I do not want any recog- nition, or anything named after me, because service is sovereignty.”
Illinois State Police Trooper
Found With Gunshot Wound
To Head Ruled A Suicide
Last Friday, an Illinois State Police trooper was found dead and according to autopsy re- sults, it has been ruled a sui- cide.
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, the deceased state trooper, Gerald Mason who was 35 years old, was found on Friday on the Dan Ryan Ex- pressway with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. Based on a report from the Cook County medical exam- iner’s office, his death has been ruled a suicide, according to autopsy results released over the weekend on Saturday.
Linda Mason, the late trooper’s mother told the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday night that Mason had always wanted to be a police officer since he was a toddler. She said the Hyde Park Academy High School graduate had ded- icated his life to policing.
GERALD MASON
“He was a sweetheart, and he loved everybody,” she told the newspaper. “He just wanted to protect people and make this city and state better.”
The heartbreaking tragedy took place on Friday around 1:45 p.m. in the inbound lanes of the Dan Ryan at 43rd Street, state police said in a state- ment.
Couple Who Paid Off $224,000 In Debt Are Now On Track To Become Millionaires
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