San Diego Mesa College’s Financial Literacy Series is back by popular demand to present students with more exciting speaker events for the fall 2018 semester.
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Sometimes, you hear a story that makes you want to know more. Kevin Gonzalez has such a story. The last time this story was updated, San Diego Mesa College student Kevin Gonzalez was a 15 year-old heading off to Massachusetts to complete his high school education. In the ensuing years, he has travelled to the other side of the world, built houses, but remained in close contact with his Mesa College professors and connections he made while on campus.
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September 26, 2018
San Diego Mesa College’s Financial Literacy Series is back by popular demand to present students with more exciting speaker events for the fall 2018 semester.
The Financial Literacy Speaker Series launched its first lecture on $mart $pending in February 2017, and attendees have been filling classrooms ever since. With past topics on simple tax filing, credit scores, and wise investments, students and faculty alike keep coming back to learn more.
The Financial Literacy Series will kick off the 2018 fall semester with an exciting speaker event on Thursday, September 27, from 11:30am-12:30pm in Room LRC 435, entitled, “Till Debt Do Us Part: Money Issues in Dating, Marriage and Divorce.” Speaker Laurie Itkin will present on financial empowerment and the importance of communication in relationships. She is a financial advisor, wealth manager, and certified divorce financial analyst (CDFA) with a passion for empowering women to become financially independent and secure.
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend this dynamic presentation. Future sessions this semester include topics “Your Credit and You,” “Wise Investing Basics” and a panel session “Ain’t No Question Hard Enough.”
The Financial Literacy Speaker Series program is made possible by the support from the California Coast Credit Union and the San Diego Financial Literacy Center. For more information, about the events or the Financial Literacy Series, contact Howard Eskew at 619-388-5957 or heskew@sdccd.edu.
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Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
San Diego Mesa College’s Financial Literacy Series is back by popular demand to present students with more exciting speaker events for the fall 2018 semester.
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 the first of the Spring 2018 Financial Literacy Speaker Series events – The Tax Man Cometh – took place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in LRC 435. Guest speaker, Paul Lim, addressed nearly 50 students, staff and faculty on the basics of income tax, issues to consider, how to calculate deductions, and various strategies the common working person can use to avoid paying too much in taxes each year. Attendees were busy taking notes and filing out the provided tax forms as Lim guided them through the process of filling in the right numbers on these often confusing forms.
On Thursday, Oct 26, San Diego Mesa College held its fourth installment in the Financial Literacy Speaker Series, “Identity Theft”, with Navy veteran and Financial Coach Rae Russell. Russell is a returning speaker from the previous Financial Literacy events and spends her time mentoring families on how to manage their finances.
