{"id":380,"date":"2017-11-28T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/?p=380"},"modified":"2017-12-12T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T19:55:21","slug":"maria-obmachkina-hunter-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/maria-obmachkina-hunter-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Obmachkina, Hunter College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-438 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maria-storybank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I am studying psychology.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I receive the Pell Grant and TAP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I had to drop chemistry because it was so hard and I ended up becoming part time that semester.\u00a0 It disqualified me from TAP mid semester, which was really stressful.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 A<\/span>nother semester, I dropped Russian and the same thing happened.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If I didn&#8217;t receive financial aid at all during college I would be in a lot of debt, probably have a mental breakdown.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I work as a home attendant 20 hours a week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I used to do tutoring.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I pay for food out of pocket.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I live with my grandma and we have SNAP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When I first got into school it was hard to register for the courses I needed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If college was free it would mobilize and expand people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>People would have more time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It would help people in need that can barely survive.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Transportation is the biggest challenge for me as a student.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It takes me 2 hours each way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also mental health.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There needs to be better mental health services and services for non traditional students.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am studying psychology.\u00a0 I receive the Pell Grant and TAP.\u00a0 I had to drop chemistry because it was so hard and I ended up becoming part time that semester.\u00a0 It disqualified me from TAP mid semester, which was really stressful.\u00a0 Another semester, I dropped Russian and the same thing happened.\u00a0 If I didn&#8217;t receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,69,54],"tags":[18,114,28,101,15,36],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assembly-district-46","category-senate-district-23","category-hunter-college","tag-job","tag-mental-health","tag-pell-grant","tag-snap","tag-tap","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}