Building a Financial Foundation to Achieve Generational Wealth

Our Mission

Leadership in Financial Education (LIFE) provides aspiring youth from under-represented and under-resourced communities with experiential training workshops designed to encourage life-long financial responsibility. LIFE collaborates with New York City businesses to offer professional internship opportunities in conjunction with its financial teachings. LIFE participants gain skills and knowledge to equip them to make sound financial decisions which will positively impact their present-day success as well as the livelihood of future generations.

The workshop series

The LIFE Workshop Series for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors spans six financial literacy topics over the course of a school semester. Each workshop features a topic-focused financial literacy lesson which is reinforced by activities and discussion.

The fall 2025 program will begin in early October, concluding in mid-December. The program application is currently open and will close on September 26, 2025.

Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers from other schools as well as young professional volunteers from top firms in the New York City legal, financial, and marketing communities.

Financial Literacy 101: 
Budgeting and Saving
Credit and Understanding Debt
Student Loans and Financial Aid
Investing
Taxes
Internships and Professional Etiquette

Participant Outcomes

40%
growth in participants’ overall knowledge of financial literacy
36%
growth in participants’ confidence in their financial future
100%
of participants would recommend the LIFE program to a peer