233: Kristina Ellis, So Money Millennial

My So Money Millennial today wasn’t a top student or star athlete, but Kristina Ellis, 28, managed to earn half a million dollars in college scholarships by the time she graduated high school in 2005.  . The most recent graduating class finished college with an average $35,000 in student loans – the highest on record.  And of course we’ve heard of students saddled with six figures in student loans. It’s a crisis. For Kristina, after her mother sat her down in the 9th grade and told her she woul...