Bringing the Arts to Financial Education with Julie Beckham, AFC®

25/04/2023 23 min Temporada 4 Episodio 9
Bringing the Arts to Financial Education with Julie Beckham, AFC®

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Today’s guest believes that personal finance is a topic to sing and dance about! Julie Beckham, AFC® has taken her passion and turned it into a career, marrying her love for the arts with financial education. Her musical, Ms. Money and the Coins, has been shared with more than 80,000 elementary-age students in Massachusetts and is now available nationwide as an online learning platform - in both English and Spanish. In addition to all things K-12 financial education, we also discuss the amazing opportunity that banks have to help bridge financial education from youth to adulthood; and the value of having more AFC professionals working in banks and community-based organizations.Show Notes:1:57 How she paired her love for finance and arts into a successful career4:27 More about her upcoming musical5:50 How others who are interested in putting this on can access it6:39 Advice for other aspiring podcast creators8:28 Julie's current financial education efforts in the banking space10:55 How more banks can invest in an AFC education for their employees14:21 More into how Julie values the AFC15:47 Advice towards others trying to bridge gaps in financial education and literacy18:55 Julie's final 2 cents Show Note Links:Connect with Rockland Trust on:InstagramTwitterLinkedInFacebookConnect with Julie on LinkedInMs. Money's ClassroomNo Shame in this Money Game's Mini Money Minutes Want to get involved with AFCPE®?Here are a few places to start: Become a Member, Sign up for an Essentials Course, or Get AFC Certified today! Want to support the podcast? We love partnering with organizations that share our mission and values. Download our media kit.

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