By Rachel L. Harris and

We’re working on a piece about the things people do to be able to afford higher education for themselves or family members.

Did you work a second job to make monthly tuition payments? Put off buying a home until you’d paid off student debt? Delay college a couple of years to work and save money?

Tell us about your experience and the effect it had — or is still having — on you and your family. We plan to publish a collection of responses in the Sunday Review section in the coming weeks.

You must be 13 or older to submit your information. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, the permission of a parent or guardian is required.