Entrepreneur Mom Avoids College Debt, Daughter Plans To Accumulate It All, Thanks
KEY POINTS
- •Terrina Taylor never went to college but learned business entrepreneurship through her mother's Baltimore salon.
- •Her oldest daughter supports herself as a server to fund college and medical school preparations, managing loans and financial aid.
- •The younger daughter actively researches scholarships to finance college responsibly, showing financial independence taught by their mom.
Terrina Taylor skipped the college party and diploma dance, opting instead for a hustle in Baltimore’s salon scene—a business running strong for 35 years, setting the backdrop for her granddaughter to defy odds and plans. While Terrina learned 'work is more than a paycheck' by co-owning that salon after graduating high school and baby-making at 18, her oldest now balances tables as a server to bankroll a future packed with medical school debts, meticulous courses, and residency spreadsheets. Meanwhile, No Student Loan Left Behind is the unofficial motto as her youngest examines scholarships to avoid the trap she never fell into. Teaching budgeting, tax filing, and the pulse of debt over dinner made these daughters responsible, even if their paths mock their mother’s practical entrepreneurship. The silent emotional PTSD: watching dreams get re-written with tuition bills instead of cash registers.
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Because nothing says 'success' like surviving on tips while plotting to plunge headfirst into debt piled higher than your future medical residency hours. We’re all great life drivers unless it’s on the college freeway.
She avoided student loans like bad haircuts, now her daughters are styling their futures with medical bill mullets and scholarship sideburns.
Entrepreneur mom’s legacy: hustle, grit, and teaching kids to respect money... which they then decided to borrow extensively for fancy degrees anyway.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/13/2025 | Author: Terrina Taylor
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