Georgia Uber Driver Gets Degree After Random Passenger Wipes Out Her College Debt

"An Uber driver says she is one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a lawyer thanks to a random passenger who paid off her college debt when he heard her life’s story.

Latonya Young, a hair stylist by day and an Uber driver by night, told CNN affiliate WSB that she picked up a passenger outside of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the two got to talking.

The 43-year-old single mother told the passenger that when she was 16, she had to drop out of high school to raise her first child. And more recently, she had to drop out of college because of a $700 balance that she couldn’t afford to pay off." …

https://ktla.com/2020/01/02/georgia-uber-driver-gets-degree-after-passenger-wipes-out-her-college-debt/