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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Living on the Cheap. My niece, Kendalynne Hohe, a kindergarten teacher in Independence, Missouri, is an expert at finding free money for college. She not only paid for four years of college using nothing but grants and scholarships, but she also walked away with an extra $5,000 when she graduated with a degree in elementary education.