Ramona Ferreyra, one of 1,000 New Yorkers in the Bronx to receive a one-time cash grant of $1,000 as part of the SaverLife programme, said the cheque helped her bounce back from having just five dollars in her wallet and $90 in the bank [Courtesy: Ramona Ferreyra] Forty-year-old Ramona Ferreyra lives in the south Bronx section of New York City, cohabitating with her grandmother in a public housing building for seniors.
A Harvard University graduate, she worked as a civilian employee for the Pentagon and paid off $200,000 in student loan debt before her career was derailed by a chronic […]
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