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This lawyer paid off $215k in debt and started a business

Jul. 17, 2023 at 9:36 a.m. ET

Cindy Zuniga-Sanchez of the Bronx paid off $215,000 of debt, mostly from law school. A daughter of Latin American immigrants, she made it to a high-paying legal job after graduation, then pivoted to start a coaching business called Zero-Based Budget.

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