NGPF Podcast

We asked three 19 year olds who graduated last year to look back after a year in the real world on their own to tell us what they believe seniors today need the most over these last few weeks of school. 

Details:

• 0:00~8:52 Current Events with Missbehelpful: Guaranteed Access to Personal Finance Education
• 8:52~9:28 A word from NGPF
• 9:28~10:47 Introducing this week’s guest: Eva Yazhari, Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital
• 10:47~12:39 Early money lessons
• 12:39~14:48 Transition from college to Wall Street
• 14:48~17:28 Life as an investment banker 
• 17:28~19:05 What is impact investing?
• 19:05~20:58 Similarities and differences between impact investing and ESGs
• 20:58~22:12 What is venture capital?
• 22:12~26:48 On choosing which companies to invest in
• 26:48~30:22 Investing in and working with Kasha
• 30:22~32:58 Working with companies abroad 
• 32:58~36:47 Taking a holistic approach to impact investing
• 36:47~38:54 Writing The Good Your Money Can Do
• 38:54~41:20 Importance of having great mentors 
• 41:20~42:31 Conclusion

I know you will enjoy this conversation with Dr. Mordecai Brownlee, the Vice President of Student Success at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas. We discuss his role at the college, why he cares so deeply about increasing financial capability and several inspiring student success stories. Enjoy!

Dan Lasalle worked in Philadelphia as a high school teacher and built out a financial literacy program that has been featured in a CNBC article and has been included in many other press articles such as on MarketWatch and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Listen and learn a few of the ways he brought financial literacy to life for his students.

Mary Clare Peate and Roman Hardgrave join the NGPF podcast this week with Tim to discuss their economics curriculum, a cool tool called EconInbox and their favorite resources to stay current in the fast changing world of economics. Enjoy! 

While NGPF's original focus was on creating curriculum for the high school student, we know that only 1 in 5 high schoolers are guaranteed to take a course. So, no surprise that most college students lack financial skills and are in need of this essential course. The good news is that there are amazing educators like Donna Wang Su in colleges across America to fill in the gaps. In this podcast, Donna will share the distinct challenges that entrepreneurs face in managing their personal finances. Her insights on the blind spots of college students will help high school educators tailor their lessons accordingly. Enjoy! 

This week we host Christine Bell, Julius Prezelski, Joey Running, Jim Hennebery who will share their experiences starting and running an investment club. Their experience and schools vary and their collective story provides nuggets of wisdom for any educator looking to start or improve their own investment club. 

When it comes to writing a personal finance book for teens, who could be better suited than an educator who spends 180 days a year teaching them? Jake Cousineau took his experience teaching personal finance at a high school in California and translated that into a book that would expand his impact beyond the classroom walls. In this conversation, Jake shares how he managed to change his money mindset, why storytelling is such an effective teaching method and how he makes personal finance tangible and approachable for this students. He discusses why he decided to write a book and what he hopes to accomplish with it. Enjoy!

This week on the NGPF Podcast, you will enjoy this conversation with Dr. Naomi Zewde whose research on Baby Bonds has caught the attention of policymakers looking for strategies to close the racial wealth gap. 

We are thrilled to host Trina Grey and Jonathan May who work with recent high school graduates with disabilities, and our newest team member Kathryn Dawson, a former special education teacher. Together, they are going to walk us through the journey of many special education students, from high school to just following graduation. You’ll hear from them what is most important for teachers to know about how they can be supported.