. >> reporter: sabrina calazans, the daughter of brazilian immigrants, dreamed of being the first into college. >> i had a wonderful experience. but after leaving is when i had a real shock, when i saw how much i had to pay each other. >> reporter: paying for college is a family affair for the calazans. sabrina has loans. so does her sister. and their parents took ut o'loans on the girls' behalf. for all of them collectively $50,000 could be forgiven. how did you feel when this program was finally announced? >> a lot of conversations in my family is about what are we going to do in the future, are my parents going to be able to retire, am i going to be able to move out, are we going to be able to buy a home, and now i feel like that reality is possible and there's finally light at the end of the tunnel. >> we went to arcadia -- >> reporter: after seeing how debt affected her family sabrina was inspired to become an advocate, joining the student debt crisis center. >> student loan borrowers are working harder than anyone i know. no one in america should have to work multiple jobs so t