We have five family members who are not doctors of any kid but have MPH degrees. All work in the field in some way. There is one who has a doctorate and that one teaches on the college level after a very successful career as an international disease consultant. Two others work in epidemiology related jobs. One did administration for EMS programs with a focus on epidemiology . The last one works as a consultant at the CDC. NONE are doctors (well…I guess the one with the PhD technically is.
But the difference…each had a way to fund their masters degree programs and none had a cent of undergrad debt. That doesn’t sound like you.
I know you really want to do this now…but might I suggest taking a breather. Get some kind of job and earn some money. Think about something like Americorps where there are health related postings. What about the Peace Corps (although that application process can be lengthy).
Did health education give you the ability to teach health education? If so…consider that.
At this point, it doesn’t sound like you have the money to fund grad school. I’m sorry…