Your Two Cents: Money Coach teens connect with local business leaders
Chao, a current participant of the program at the Hmong American Peace Academy:
“We go to school, we learn geography, writing, literature… but we don’t get taught life lessons like this, and it’s a rare opportunity where after we learn it, we actually use it out there in the real world. I felt really honored and really special. Money Coach is like a second parent to me. It motivates me to achieve bigger and better things because I can save for it.”
Skye, pictured far left, an alumna of the Money Coach program and participated at Urban Underground:
“My coach was very, very helpful. Even after the sessions you can stay there and talk about basically anything. If you don’t understand something they make sure you get it before you make any financial decisions.”
Skye says she learned to track her spending. “I really wanted a car, and Money Coach helped me see that I really needed to prioritize.” (She did eventually get her car!)
Elijah, an alumnus of the program at the Hmong American Peace Academy:
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Dana, pictured on the left, an alumna of the program at Washington High School:
“Thanks to Money Coach I was able to budget and save for school as well as my own apartment.” Dana is going to school for Early Childhood Education and graduates in December! (Congratulations, Dana!)
“Special thanks to SecureFutures for not only teaching us students/young adults to budget, but to build a strong solid foundation while we’re young!”