Episode 324: From Teaching Students To Changing The Law & Prioritizing Requiring Personal Finance Education w/ Yanely Espinal

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yanely Espinal, personal finance educator, advocate and new author, joins the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss how she is changing the law one state at a time, why money needs more nuance, and how we can address systemic issues for real change. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yanely has a successful</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/missbehelpful/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">YouTube Channel</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with over 50k subscribers, a new book, "Mind Your Money,” and professionally focuses on personal finance curriculum, teaching students, teachers, and professionals about financial literacy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also chat about the hurdles Yanely faces within the political system vying for mandated personal finance education, navigating migrant remittances with empathy first, if she still sleeps in a hammock, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, you’ll learn more about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The ways Yanely persuades lawmakers to prioritize requiring personal finance education for high school students </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why upskilling teachers is not only needed but necessary for teaching personal finance effectively in 2023 </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to navigate remittances with your siblings, support loved ones without giving cash, and the importance of therapy and behavioral economics</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The nuances of personal finances in immigrant families, addressing broader systemic issues for change + more</span></li> </ul> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" data-qa= "message_content"> <div class= "c-message_kit__blocks c-message_