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Symone Austin, 33, was earning $131,000 annually as a UX designer when she lost her job in January 2025, not long after she had purchased her house in North Carolina. Here is how she has managed to pay her $2,800 mortgage and her student loans for the past 10 months despite the loss.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.
Learn more about the world of CNBC Make It

Symone Austin was laid off from her tech job in January and now pays her bills by making videos about work and money.

Symone Austin was laid off from her six-figure tech job in January and reworked her budget immediately.

Margaret Skiff saved up nearly $60,000 from content creation earnings to put a down payment on her Portland, Maine, duplex.

When Margaret Skiff, 27, bought a $575,000 duplex in Portland, Maine, she became both a landlord and a DIY renovator. Aside from…

Naseema McElroy, 44, is a labor and delivery nurse with a personal finance brand in Brentwood, California. In 2015, she…

From 2015 to 2017, Naseema McElroy paid off nearly $1 million in debt. Now, she's saving aggressively in pursuit of financial…