44. Gary Santos Mendoza | Education, Mental Health & Identity Part One

The Student Loan Podcast

Gary Santos Mendoza joins the show to discuss higher education, mental health awareness, identity and how it all relates to student loans and the student experience.

Gary currently serves as the director of the intercultural resource center at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. If you like discussing topics like gender identity, mental health, cultural norms, and student loans than this two-part episode is just the episode for you. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stay tuned for part two next week!]

We discuss with Gary Santos Mendoza:

• The role of higher education administrators in the lives of students;
• How your identity is fluid and what that can mean for your perspective towards money;
• The impact that cultural and societal norms had on his mental health as a student; and
• much, much more...

Visit the show notes for all the extra details: https://thestudentloanpodcast.com/episode44

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