Ethan Billman

Paul Smith’s College, NY

Ethan says he enrolled in college to “secure the future of the environment and create an atmosphere where we can talk about pollution and the troubles we face in an open and accepting way with each other.” To pursue that goal, he is seeking a degree in nature documentary filmmaking.

The Pell Grant already has “helped me immensely by covering the cost of my tuition so that the loans have less of an impact (on) my future.”

If Congress acts to #DoublePell, he says, “It would mean that I can give some of the benefits that my father has sacrificed his life in the military (for) to my siblings to help them achieve their aspirations as well.”