Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 1, 1 January 2015 — Financial educator honored [ARTICLE]

Financial educator honored

A Native Hawaiian financial educator has been honored as an Innovative Linaneial Educator by Visa Ine. for her work to assist 560 students on the Wai'anae Coast heeome college- and career-ready. Lahela Williams was chosen as one of seven nationally recognized ūnaneial educators. She is a Hawai'i Community Assets program coordinator. "Having the opportunity to teach kids about budgeting ... making money, saving money, growing money allows me to help students from Wai'anae to Waimea in becoming part of something bigger - a movement for Ananeial autonomy," Williams said. Williams received a scholarship from Visa to attend the National Jump$tart Coalition's National Educator Conference in November. The coalition advances Ananeial literacy among preschool to eol-lege-age youth.