According to Instagram everyone is living the carefree life. We work hard, play hard and slay while we do it. In reality many of us are staying quiet about our financial struggles. Some of us are making the wrong sacrifices to keep up and all of us are just trying to figure a way out of being broke. The fall means there are #SmartBrownGirls entering into college who are the first in their family to pursue higher education. The financial constraints of either being first generation or simply coming from a economically lower class family can gravely impact the college