WHEN HARMONY SIMPSON GRADUATED from high school in 2019, she knew she didn’t have the money to attend a four-year university and that she wanted to avoid debt “like the plague.” She vividly remembers discussing post-high school options with her peers.

“We were talking about how college was essential, but we believed that it was still a scam,” said Simpson, now a student at Santa Monica College.

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