A Smarter College Funding Plan with Latonja Muhammad that Starts Years Before FAFSA

A Smarter College Funding Plan with Latonja Muhammad that Starts Years Before FAFSA

April 8, 2026 · 34 min · Season 24 · Episode 117

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Wanda Pearson discusses college funding strategies with LaTonja Muhammad, emphasizing early planning and understanding financial aid.

Send us Fan Mail That college price tag isn’t the real price, and the families who learn that early can save thousands. I’m joined by LaTonja Mohammad, founder of College Cost Cutter and author of The College Funding Playbook, to talk through the parts of college planning that most of us never get taught until it’s too late: how schools actually decide financial aid, why “scholarships only” is a weak plan, and how strategy beats panic every time. We get into student positioning, the idea of ...

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