Natalia Abrams

Natalia is an education advocate working toward solutions that provide affordable, accessible and quality education for all students seeking a college degree. In 2012, she formed StudentDebtCrisis.org in response to the economic injustices facing students including high tuition increases and lack of financial aid. While serving as SDC’s Executive Director, Abrams has written for the Huffington Post and The Nation. She has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, Al Jazeera English, HuffPost Live, Blue Nation Review and NBC News Sacramento. Natalia is a frequent speaker on the topic of student loan debt and has been quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Huffington Post, The Nation, NPR, Politico, Reuters, AP, among various other media sources.

Higher EducationNovember 14, 2017

The GOP Tax Bill Is Bad for Students

Young people are buried under the weight of student-loan debt. The Republican tax proposal would bury them far deeper still.

Natalia Abrams and Graig Meyer
Higher EducationSeptember 19, 2016

4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt

The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.

Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
Disaster CapitalismAugust 17, 2016

A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies

Finally, a clear picture of how student-debt-relief companies take advantage of loan borrowers.

Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
Higher EducationAugust 4, 2016

5 Countries That Know How to Handle Student Debt

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
October 25, 2012

Mitt Romney’s Connection to For-Profit Colleges

New video reveals why Mitt Romney has been less than transparent about his connections to the for-profit college industry.

Kyle McCarthy and Natalia Abrams
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August 14, 2012

Video Contest Offers a Voice to Indebted Students

By providing this interactive platform for student debtors to share their personal testimonials, the Student Debt Crisis team aims to provide a voice for the millions affected.

Natalia Abrams
ActivismJuly 9, 2012

Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt Join Forces

The founder of Occupy Colleges explains why Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt have merged organizations and what it portends for the future of student activism.

Natalia Abrams
ActivismJanuary 10, 2012

Occupy Colleges to Occupy Congress

This is Occupy 2.0 and Occupy Colleges is a part of that mission.

Natalia Abrams
Occupy MovementDecember 8, 2011

The Occidental Four

First-hand accounts from students of the night the LAPD raided OccupyLA.

Natalia Abrams
Occupy MovementNovember 25, 2011

An Open Letter and Pledge of Non-Violence to UC President Mark Yudof from the Founder of Occupy Colleges

Isn't it bad enough that they keep raising our tuitions and lowering our quality of education? Now they want to beat us into submission. These tactics will not work.

Natalia Abrams

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Natalia Abrams

Higher EducationNovember 14, 2017

Young people are buried under the weight of student-loan debt. The Republican tax proposal would bury them far deeper still.

Higher EducationSeptember 19, 2016

The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.

Disaster CapitalismAugust 17, 2016

Finally, a clear picture of how student-debt-relief companies take advantage of loan borrowers.

Higher EducationAugust 4, 2016

It doesn’t have to be this way.

October 25, 2012

New video reveals why Mitt Romney has been less than transparent about his connections to the for-profit college industry.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

August 14, 2012

By providing this interactive platform for student debtors to share their personal testimonials, the Student Debt Crisis team aims to provide a voice for the millions affected.

ActivismJuly 9, 2012

The founder of Occupy Colleges explains why Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt have merged organizations and what it portends for the future of student activism.

ActivismJanuary 10, 2012

This is Occupy 2.0 and Occupy Colleges is a part of that mission.

Occupy MovementDecember 8, 2011

First-hand accounts from students of the night the LAPD raided OccupyLA.

Occupy MovementNovember 25, 2011

Isn't it bad enough that they keep raising our tuitions and lowering our quality of education? Now they want to beat us into submission. These tactics will not work.