Dismissed For Lacking A Degree, I Let My Life Speak For Itself – The Archivist

cards and a business loan in my name five years ago while I was wrapping myself in two sweaters because I couldn’t afford heat.

He’d taken my name and sold it.

I scrolled through transaction histories. Luxury stores. Travel agencies. Restaurant bills that cost more than my rent.

Five years where I could have applied for a mortgage and been denied, never continue reading …