Community Engagement Statement
Twin Cities-Based Organizations
Financial Education Workshops and Curriculum Development (June 2024 - Present)
MN Financial Empowerment Initiative (MNFEI)
Neighborhoods Now! Community Organizing Workshop (August 2021 – September 2021)
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)
Youth in Action (YA!) Program; High School Student Peer Mentor, (August 2021 - Present)
Comunidad Latinas Unidos En Servicio (CLUES)
The Value of Higher Education (panelist) (03/31/2021)
Minnesota Office of Higher Education (MN OHE)
University of Minnesota
Educator's Toolkit for Addressing Racial Trauma
I took charge of revitalizing the website's physical appearance, updating the resources, and working with community educators to receive and implement feedback.
Grads Connecting with Undergrads (Feb. 3, 2021)
In a Zoom meeting with FSoS undergrads Zamzam Dini and Margaret Kelly & I spoke to undergraduate students about our research and answered questions from prospective graduate students.
TRiO Student Support Services
Mad City Money Simulation; TRIO Student Support Services (March 21, 2024)
Supervisor: Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby
Mad City Money Simulation; TRIO Student Support Services (February 24, 2023)
Supervisor: Joyce Serido & Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby
EDHD1701 - First Year Student Success
Guest lectured on the topic of Financial Wellness in college
Mad City Money Simulation; TRIO Student Support Services (March 30, 2022)
Supervisor: Joyce Serido & Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby
Community Day for First-Year Students and Family; TRIO Student Support Services (August 18, 2021)
Supervisor: Minerva Muñoz
Financial Parenting and Youth Financial Wellbeing; UMN Extension Webinar (April 27, 2021)
Supervisor: Dr. Joyce Serido
UMN Extension
How To Engage Youth in Personal Finance Discussions; UMN Extension Webinar (June, 26, 2023)
Miguel Quiñones
The tanda: A practice at the intersection of culture and finances; UMN Extension Webinar (September 21, 2022)
Miguel Quiñones
Garden in a Box; University of Minnesota Extension (Summer 2022)
Supervisor: Silvia Alvarez de Avila
Community Education; University of Minnesota Extension (Summer 2022)
Supervisor: Mary Jo Katras