{"id":951,"date":"2020-04-14T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/?p=951"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:11:12","slug":"alexis-pillot-suny-new-paltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/alexis-pillot-suny-new-paltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis Pillot, SUNY New Paltz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alexis-NP-storybank.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-952\" width=\"301\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alexis-NP-storybank.png 586w, https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alexis-NP-storybank-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a senior at SUNY New Paltz majoring in communication disorders with a minor in deaf studies. After college, I intend on pursuing a career as an audiologist. I am currently employed as a cashier at the Student Union Building, and I also do catering for on-campus events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working on campus is the only way I can ensure that I will stay enrolled in school. I have always had to work in order to manage my expenses, especially school fees that were mandatory for me to pay out-of-pocket in order to stay in school. I have come really close to being kicked out of school because my financial aid was not enough to cover all of the costs. Thankfully, I was able to use the money I received from my campus jobs to pay off any remaining amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I receive both TAP and Pell Grants, but that is not enough. I had to increase my unsubsidized loans for it to cover tuition and room and board. I could only get approval to increase my unsubsidized loan if my Parent Plus loan was denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an Educational Opportunity Student (EOP), and this program has helped me cover the majority of the costs for school. Without EOP, I\u2019m not sure if I would still be in college. This program has been a great help for me from the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a senior at SUNY New Paltz majoring in communication disorders with a minor in deaf studies. After college, I intend on pursuing a career as an audiologist. I am currently employed as a cashier at the Student Union Building, and I also do catering for on-campus events. Working on campus is the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[17,16,18,72,28,19,15,126],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-suny-new-paltz","tag-eop","tag-financial-aid","tag-job","tag-opportunity-program","tag-pell-grant","tag-student-loans","tag-tap","tag-tuition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","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=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nypirgstudents.org\/storybank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}