He even looks up coupons online ahead of time.
“It’s strange because even when I’m going to the grocery store, I have in my mind that I need to save as much money as I can,” he says.
From a young age, Gyory loved building things and wanted to be an engineer.
Now, as he pursues his research, the federal and private loans he used to finance his time at the University of Pittsburgh and now CMU have become ingrained in his life. To stay on top of them, he created an extensive spreadsheet to review and update his payments. So while he’s trying to pursue his dream, the debt feels like something he carries with him with every bill and every trip to the store.