Session recaps, financial literacy resources, data, and dispatches from inside the program — posted after every class.
Session Recap
Session 5 brought one of the most important conversations we have had in the room so far. We put real numbers on a $30,000 student loan, ran the math as a group, debated good debt versus bad debt through real case studies, and mapped out repayment timelines based on each student's own numbers.
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Student Spotlight
Israel pitched Tesla. Anthony pitched Bloom Energy Corp. Both came prepared with DCF models, dividend index calculations, and active trading strategies. What they delivered went well beyond a check-in.
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Student Spotlight
Malakai took the floor in Session 3 and delivered. He built a full 50/30/20 budget around a Sports Broadcaster salary, created a needs versus wants list specific to that career, and argued why his framework fit his goals better than zero-based budgeting.
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Literacy Study
Payday loans, buy-now-pay-later traps, private student loan fine print. The financial services industry profits from confusion. This post breaks down the most common predatory practices and how to spot them.
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Session Recap
We opened with the history before the credit score. Redlining, discriminatory lending, and generational exclusion from banking are not ancient history. Students learned how FICO scores are calculated, how to build credit from zero, and how to spot the traps designed to look like solutions.
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Session Recap
Students built full monthly budgets from a real starter salary in their target career, debated whether Spotify is a need or a want, and learned the 50/30/20 rule and zero-based budgeting as their frameworks going forward.
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Session Recap
Students got their first real look at how investing works, launched their own live simulated portfolios, and learned the most important lesson of the day: how emotions like greed and fear drive poor investment decisions.
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Session Recap
Session 1 was about one thing: the connection between how you manage your money and how far your career can take you. We covered personal finance basics, ran a money audit, and introduced career-income mapping for every student in the room.
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