Michael Viviano: Financial literacy is important for everybody. And for a lot of our students, if in their homes they see money as an issue it’s a very vulnerable thing because, it’s very hard for them to help, so they’re really just subject to whatever it is that’s going on.
TITLE CARD TEXT: Michael is one of 732 teachers in the U.S. introducing youth to investing through the SIFMA Foundation’s Capitol Hill Challenge supported by Charles Schwab Foundation
Michael Viviano: The Capitol Hill Challenge teaches these students that you don’t have to be an expert to learn how to trade or learn how to buy and invest in the market. It’s more the thought process that’s going to prove to them that, you know, they’re able to start this process at a young age.
Michael Viviano: It’s really important that they set themselves up, so that later on in life they don’t have to go through the pain of going through financial situations that they’re not in control of. I want them to be able to look back and say, “Wow, you know, that teacher really thought I had something and really believed in me,” and maybe that’s what they need to push them over whatever it is that they’re going through.
TITLE CARD TEXT: Charles Schwab Foundation has committed $1 Million over three years to advance financial capability and civics through the SIFMA Foundation’s Capitol Hill Challenge.
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