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- Todd Squitieri, 37, has $134,000 in student debt he's placed in forbearance for nearly a decade.
- During that time, he wasn't making payments, but interest on the loans surged.
- He moved abroad and says he's much happier, but he couldn't leave the student debt behind.
Todd Squitieri has lived abroad for nearly a decade, and he's happier than he ever was in the US.
Even with $134,000 in student debt hanging over his head.
When Squitieri, now 37, graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in criminology and later a master's degree in forensic psychology, he had every intention of using his degrees in a career.