Ron Lewis (FIN ’17) says the biggest misconception kids have about money is that it will fix their problems. “They say, ‘If I just had $5,000, everything will be better.’ It won’t. Money doesn’t solve problems. You have to look at the bigger picture,” he said.
He saw this first-hand teaching middle school math in St. Louis through Teach for America and now as a part of The Academy Group, which exposes young people from underserved communities to economics, entrepreneurship, design thinking, technology, and justice.