The future of education finance

<p>In this episode you’ll hear about:  </p><p>• Links between education attainment and keeping a job during Covid-19.  </p><p>• How 900,000 new jobs created in March included only 1% for workers with a high school education or less.</p><p>• Ways impact investments can support post-secondary education and helping nontraditional students succeed.</p><p>• How Edquity supports post-secondary education, which is seen as key to breaking the cycle of poverty and helping Americans attain livable wages.  </p><p>• What outcomes financing is and why it may change impact investing. </p><p>Related story: <a href="https://www.investmentnews.com/providing-the-building-blocks-of-financial-literacy-training-205301" target="_blank">Providing the building blocks of financial literacy training</a>  </p><p><strong>Guest bios: </strong></p><p><strong>Christa Velasquez</strong>, strategy director of <a href="https://www.luminafoundation.org/" target="_blank">Lumina Impact Ventures</a>, sources, structures, underwrites and negotiates social investments to support the strategic priorities at Lumina Foundation, an private foundation in Indianapolis committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.</p><p><strong>David Helene</strong>, founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.edquity.co/" target="_blank">Edquity</a>, which provides emergency aid platforms for high school and college students. Under his leadership, Edquity has worked with principal partners across K-12 and higher education. He has helped the organization attract significant investment funding from the Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Strada Education Network and others. </p><p><strong>Andrea Phillips</strong>, managing partner of the <a href="https://www.maycombcapital.com/the-community-outcomes-fund" target="_blank">Community Outcomes Fund</a>  and co-founder of Maycomb Capital, has more than 25 years of experience leading, designing and implementing large scale, public-private partnerships that leverage private investment to address pre