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>> reporter: we met the gomezes in east l.a. at a fast food restaurant they own. her husband runs it while she works full-time as a business developer. their income is about $90,000 a year. it sounds good, but with a mortgage, two younger children, and a struggling business, they're barely able to afford christian's tuition at marymont college. so when your daughter needed $25,000 for her first year of tuition, what did you guys do? >> i pulled money out of my 401(k). >> reporter: because of her parent's income, christian doesn't qualify for many government student aid programs, so the family ...

School. >> reporter: by all accounts, ann marie gomez wasn't supposed to make it. she was 17 with a baby, but she was determined not to become a statistic. so she married antonio, went on to the university of southern california, where she eventually earned a masters degree in health care administration. >> hi! >> reporter: we met the gomezes in east l.a. at a fast food restaurant they own. her husband runs it while she works full-time as a business developer. their income is about $90,000 a year. it sounds good, but with a mortgage, two younger children, and a struggling business, they're bar...

College. >> reporter: this is a story about a family willing to sacrifice everything to educate their children and break with the past. >> my father was a janitor. i was seven months pregnant when i graduated from high school. >> reporter: ann marie gomez wasn't supposed to make it. she was 17 with a baby, but determined not to become a statistic. she married antonio, wept on to the university of southern california and earned a masters in health care administration. we met the gomezes in east l.a. at a fast food restaurant they own. her husband runs it while she works full time as a business ...

Become a statistic. so she married antonio, went on to the university of southern california, where she eventually earned a master's degree in health care administration. >> hi. >> caller: we met the gomezes in east l.a. at a fast food restaurant they own. her husband runs it while she works full-time as a business developer. their income is about $90,000 a year. it sounds good. but with a mortgage, two younger children, and a struggling business they're barely able to afford christian's tuition at mary mound college. >> so when your daughter needed $25,000 for her first year of tuition, what ...

Restaurant they own. her husband runs it while she works full-time as a business developer. their income is about $90,000 a year. sounds good, but way mortgage, two younger children and a struggling business, they're barely able to afford their daughter's tuition at marymount college. so when your daughter needed $25,000 for her first year of tuition what did you guys do? >> i pulled my 401(k). >> reporter: she was disqualified for many government aid so the family came up with creative twice fund raze. collected classic bottles to recycle. sell chocolate and even run 5ks for pledges to pay fo...