and stephanie gibbs from ford to new jersey, she's watching on one of our favorite stations, thank yous. okay, we like to keep it real on this show and one of the real things is debt. credit card debt. student loan debt. can i get a debt a man? don't me hanging. americans owe over $1.6 trillion in debt, that is trillian with a t, and one woman went viral the other day, she pit of her dad come over $100,000, and celebrated with a debt funeral. she buried debt. ding dong, loans are dead. i finally killed them. it was a slow death but wasrtev. let's talto the woman who killed and buried her debt, mandy. good to see you. so this was student loan debt. >> yes. all of it. >> every dollar of it was student loan? >> every dollar. >> tamron: your first year of college you had a scholarship. >> yes. >> tamron: your debt free. and then you decided to go to a different university. >> i started scholarsp a small state school because my parents didn't have a lot of money when i graduated but then after my freshman year i went to pets and that's where the debt started racking up. >> tamron: how much