Sequoia Carrillo
Sequoia Carrillo is an assistant editor for NPR's Education Team. Along with writing, producing, and reporting for the team, she manages the Student Podcast Challenge.
Prior to covering education at NPR, she started as an intern on the How I Built This team.
Sequoia holds a bachelor's degree in history and media studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently working towards her master's in journalism from Georgetown University.
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In the search for next steps on the government's loan forgiveness plan, some borrowers are finding fake emails and texts instead of real answers. -
Can you get a refund on payments you made during the pandemic? How do you know if you made too much money to qualify? Answers to these questions and more. -
The Biden administration is forgiving up to $10,000 in federal student loans and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. What will that mean for future borrowers?
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NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.
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President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is designed to help low-income borrowers. But many will still have loans to pay off after Biden's changes.
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President Biden's plan will forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for qualifying borrowers. Here are three things you need to know. -
President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year. -
From kindergartners to college students, what should parents be doing to monitor their child's mental health? -
Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition -
The Education Department originally thought the student loan program would make money — instead, it's losing it. That's according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
