Several days ago, ProPublica published a piece about Francisco Reynoso, a grieving father who works as a California gardener in Palmdale (southern california). Mr. Reynoso, is currently being hounded by his dead son's private student loan lenders to pay up even though his son was killed tragically in a car accident.
As a graduated law student, I am horrified at the silence from those who should protect the families of students whom take out higher education loans. This man could easily be my father. He could be yours.
This petition is about speaking up for a man who is grieving the death of his son and being harassed by his son's private student lenders to pay up. Its importance in signing because it is embedded in the potential that education is still the American Dream. In this case, it seems as if Mr. Reynoso's Dream became an ongoing nightmare when his son died on the way home from a job interview.
I call on the silent banks who refuse to tell Mr. Reynoso where the actual loan is; further, I call on my local, state, and federal representatives to push for more consumer protection of students, reform current private education loan industry, and begin an investigation on student loan transfers to foreign and domestic third party banks.
Why is this important?
