Yanely Espinal, Miss Be Helpful, chose to stop at Mountain Range High School as her Colorado tour stop on Monday, October 9th for her national book tour. Yanely gave away 100 of her new Mind Your Money books to students in the audience.
Yanely is a social media influencer and has also led over 200 virtual webinars for private companies, non-profits, high schools, and colleges/universities including:
- CNBC’s Youth Virtual Summit
- Utah’s Women + Money Conference
- Girl Scouts Transforming Leadership Conference
- Usher’s New Look Youth Conference
- Brown University “Life After Brown” Conference
- EdCentro’s Latinx Wealth Building
Yanely was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is one of the first in her family to graduate college. After two decades of school, she still can’t believe that she never had a class about making smart money decisions! Now, she’s on a mission to help young people learn about personal finance in a fun and engaging way!
After completing Teach For America, Yanely paired her love for teaching with her passion for financial literacy, creating a unique YouTube channel for people to engage with topics like budgeting, managing credit, saving and investing for retirement and more!
Yanely serves as the Director of Educational Outreach at Next Gen Personal Finance and is a member of CNBC’s Financial Wellness Advisory Council.
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