Student finEDge Summer 2020 Newsletter

UChicago Financial Education Initiative

Summer 2020 newsletter

STUDENT NEWSLETTER | SUMMER 2020

CAREER CORNER
Helping People Save More for Retirement

Angie Sanit discusses her job as VP of Relationship management at Morningstar.

"I get to work with so many different people and am constantly learning from the folks I work with both internally and externally. I love the strategic aspect of my role—being able to think creatively with my clients and actually executing on it with our internal teams. It's rewarding to see how the joint work we all are doing impacts the industry and how it will help everyday individuals save more for retirement." — Angie Sanit

IN REAL LIFE
Finance Makes the World Go Round

Dan Buie shares how finEDge impacted his financial decision-making.

"Every day we encounter something to do with finance and if you are able to understand and handle financial literacy, the rest of your life won’t be as hard. To take a course like this early on will prevent you from a lot of financial mistakes that you would probably make later on in your future." — Daniel Buie

STUDENT VOICES
Tell Us What You Liked About finEDge

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Was taking a financial education class useful to you? Has learning about personal finance impacted your decisions and plans for the future? We want to know what you like about finEDge and why it was valuable to you. Share your experience with us!

WHAT WE'RE READING
Disinvestment In Black and Latino Communities Is Rooted In Policy

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A recent piece in the Chicago Tribune discusses how disinvestment in Chicago is linked to policies that have deeply racist roots. The article traces the impact of specific policies including housing, transportation, healthcare policies, and school funding.

So what do these policies have to do with financial education? A lot...