Success Stories

Disabled Navy veteran Cecil Wilson, Sr., and his wife, Sue, were just about done putting their third child through college when a tuition payment glitch left them two months behind in their mortgage payments. When the Wilsons’ bank suggested they...

Kevin Stevens was approaching 50 and had two kids and a good job. But in 2010, his life took a drastic turn. “I got divorced and was laid off, both at the same time,” he says. “It put me in a financial hole I couldn’t get out of.” Like many...

Patricia didn’t grow up learning how to manage her money, and for most of her adult life, she didn’t give much thought to where her money was going. Her attitude was “Oh whatever,” she says. But at 53, even with a good job, Patricia’s spending...

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