{"id":35190,"date":"2023-08-14T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=35190"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:51:01","slug":"pareja-family-foundation-is-offering-a-course-to-help-increase-financial-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/pareja-family-foundation-is-offering-a-course-to-help-increase-financial-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"This Couple Is Offering A Course To Help Increase Financial Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two decades of working in the finance, real estate and technology industries, Ariana and Leo Pareja moved from Washington, D.C. to Miami with a mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June of 2020, the duo co-founded the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/parejafoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Pareja Family Foundation<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a non-profit organization that strives to promote equal opportunity for women and minorities working in the technology sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following three years of mentorship, boot camps and training, the foundation is extending its outreach to Miami Dade College through the School of Continuing Education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fall, the Pareja Family Foundation will offer its second free online financial literacy course\u2014The Foundations for Financial Freedom\u2014to teach students how to create a personal budget and build wealth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are approaching an economic downturn,\u201d Ariana said. \u201cAt times like this, financial literacy is the most important because if you&#8217;re already struggling, understanding how to create a budget, how to live within that budget, how to maximize resources, is even much more important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea for the course bloomed after Ariana and Leo met with MDC Vice President and Provost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/north-campus-president-malou-c-harrison-named-mdc-provost\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Malou C. Harrison<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last fall to discuss how they could share their expertise with the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once they received approval from the College to create the course, the duo reached out to connections near the D.C. area to identify the scope of their efforts. They conducted a survey of 200 people between the ages of 17 and 30 in Fairfax and Arlington County in Virginia to evaluate how financially literate young adults were in that area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTheir vision of what they wanted to do was, to be honest with you, music to our ears,\u201d said Dean of Continuing Education Enrique Infanzon. \u201cWe are one of the biggest ports for immigrants and our Miami community always needs financial literacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last spring semester, the first rendition of the course was offered through MDC Online. Close to 300 students registered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course content, which is taught in two 90-minute virtual meetings led by Ariana and Leo, is based on information the couple offered employees across the businesses they\u2019ve co-founded and sold, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.remine.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Remine<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a software database company for realtors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first class dives into personal finances by teaching students how to budget, attain and maintain good credit, shop for insurance and maximize 401Ks and IRAs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost people are afraid to talk about money and financial issues,\u201d said Carlos Mu\u00f1oz, an anatomy and physiology professor at North Campus who took the spring class. \u201cBeing open about it and having someone interested in teaching you is important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aldo Centeno, who is the chief of marketing and sales for the Miami branch of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doodycalls.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Doody Calls<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a national pet waste management franchise, said learning about budgeting is essential to allocate the company\u2019s resources efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI need to be more conscious of where the money is going and how we\u2019re going to spend it,\u201d said Centeno, who took the course last spring. \u201cThat\u2019s the key for any company to survive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second class covers the fundamentals of generating wealth, particularly the difference between assets, liabilities and passive, residual, fixed and variable incomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To Ana Maria Soto, who serves as the director of the Institution for Civic Engagement and Democracy at the Medical and West campuses, the course highlights the importance of stewardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It\u2019s not the amount of money you have, [but] that you can prove you\u2019ve been responsible with the money,\u201d said Soto, who took the course in the spring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration for the fall course will be open by mid-August, but an official launch date has not been set.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once available, the class will be free and open to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, visit the Pareja Foundation website <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/parejafoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Click<a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. 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