Director of Financial Literacy and IU MoneySmarts has been consistently ranked one of the top financial literacy programs on a college campus in the US. Founder and Director Phil Schuman talks about the issues he sees in daily life, how they can be addressed, and what can be done to give students the best possible chance at a successful future.

Jed Collins spent seven years in the NFL after graduating from Washington State in 2008. After hanging up the shoulder pads Jed put his accounting degree to use, transferring into the financial world. Now as the Director of Financial Education for Brighton Jones, Collins gets to focus on educating his clients, while also working with NFL teams to provide financial education to help players protect themselves from bad decisions. Find Collins on social media @JedCollins45

"I came to the U.S. as a 17-year-old immigrant kid in 1995 with a vision of the American Dream in my heart and Coolio on my Walkman. I had just $40 in my pocket at the time. That’s it. I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew I wasn’t going home and this had to work. I know what’s possible. You can come from nothing and become something. I’ve lived it." 

Danijel Velicki has paved his way in the U.S. cementing himself in the financial industry during the last 18+ plus. After being frustrated by only being able to help his clients one at a time Danijel Velicki started looking for ways to help people on a bigger scale. Fast forward to today and the creation of Sqwire. An online financial education platform,  Sqwire provides lessons that cover every aspect of life from renting your first apartment to marriage to writing a will. 

Danijel tells his story and talks about what financial issues he sees facing not only college students, but Americans in general today.