There are a lot of factors to the opportunity gap that affects BIPOC youth and contributes to the socioeconomic inequity that coincides with racial lines to a significant degree. But one can certainly argue that quality education is something that can help bridge that gap. It is what the Greenwood Project aims to do. In this conversation, Elois Joseph, the co-founder of this revolutionary nonprofit institution, explains how this initiative helps Black and Latinx students start to pave a career path in the financial services industry. Starting out as a passion project, the Greenwood Project is now helping hundreds of academically ambitious students from underserved communities carve their own path to upliftment and success. Join in and find out how they make that possible.

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