Sequoia Carrillo
Sequoia Carrillo is an assistant editor for NPR's Education Team. Along with writing, producing, and reporting for the team, she manages the Student Podcast Challenge.
Prior to covering education at NPR, she started as an intern on the How I Built This team.
Sequoia holds a bachelor's degree in history and media studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently working towards her master's in journalism from Georgetown University.
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The Biden administration has announced the details of a new plan for student debt relief, this time targeting specific groups of borrowers.
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The sweeping new proposals, if enacted, could ease student loan debt for millions of borrowers. -
Colleges don't yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there's pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible. -
Students have waited months to find out how much financial aid they will receive for school. Delays and errors by the Department of Education mean they'll be waiting a while longer.
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Students may have to wait even longer for their financial aid award letters due to an Education Department error -
Colleges are just beginning to receive long-overdue FAFSA data. Meanwhile, students who've been accepted to college still face weeks before they receive aid offers. -
Students with parents who don't have a Social Security number are unable to complete the new version of the federal financial-aid form, adding yet another barrier to the college admissions process. -
Families will play an essential role in getting students back on track, researchers say. But it's going to take a "culture" shift around the importance of being in school. -
Amid the rise in teen opioid overdoses, school systems from California to Maryland are changing their approach: Instead of zero tolerance, they're turning to rehabilitation. -
Following the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania's president after controversial testimony on Captiol Hill last week, critics continue to attack the presidents of Harvard and MIT.
