Celebrating Financial Literacy Month With Desireé Emmanuel, Creator of Young and Brilliant

According to NationalToday.Com, Financial Literacy Month has played an integral role in giving people financial freedom and has helped them in taking control of their lives. April is financial literacy month, and We Empower Magazine is thrilled to spotlight Desireé Emmanuel. Her company Young and Brilliant promotes financial literacy among children.

Desireé is also a speaker who is passionate about sharing the importance of being able to set and achieve goals, applying critical thinking, and providing a framework for people to achieve any goal they put their mind to. She also speaks about mental health, entrepreneurship, and womanhood.

Desireé’s experiences and background shape her work with Young and Brilliant. She learned how to apply frameworks and methodologies to solve problems during her consulting career, and she has translated that knowledge into a simple and relatable way for her community. She brings the ability to speak their language and bridge the two different worlds.

Desireé Emmanuel’s mission is to serve the community by teaching core life skills to our youth to set them up for success, which is palpable in all that she does.

We obtained an exclusive interview with Desireé to discover the inspiration behind her brand as well as what makes her company unique.

What was the inspiration behind your brand?

Desireé: Young and Brilliant was birthed during my solo trip to Egypt, where I had an epiphany overlooking the Nile River. I realized that there is a communication gap between black employees and others in the corporate world. It was not a skillset issue but a foundational issue that stems from African American employees not being taught the same critical thinking frameworks as their counterparts, which greatly affects their corporate experience. This inspired me to create a foundation for our youth that focuses on teaching them the foundations of critical thinking, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy, to bridge the racial economic wealth gap and provide the missing foundation for our youth. We need to build strategizers!! With our workbooks and puzzles, we aim to set our kids up for success so they can break generational cycles and not repeat the same lessons that we have.

What do you feel makes your business unique?

Desireé: At Young and Brilliant, we believe that a solid foundation in critical thinking, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy is essential for breaking the cycle of poverty and creating generational wealth. What sets us apart is our ability to speak both the language of urban communities and the business world, bridging the communication gap that often exists between the two.

It’s Financial Literacy Month. How important is teaching financial literacy at a young age?

Desireé: I read an article that states that it would take at least 228 years for a minority family to bridge the racial economic wealth gap closer or equal to today’s affluent Caucasian families.

Teaching financial literacy at a young age is incredibly important. The foundation for understanding how money works and how to manage it should start early. Unfortunately, our education system does not place enough emphasis on this topic.

Financial literacy is not just about how to save money or avoid debt, it’s about learning how to make smart financial decisions that can lead to long-term financial stability and security. By teaching children the value of money, how to budget and plan, and the basics of investing, we can set them up for a better future.

At Young and Brilliant, we believe that financial literacy is a critical part of our mission to empower young people. Our programs are designed to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders to be financially savvy and responsible. Through our workshops, mentorship, and real-life case studies, we teach young people the skills and tools they need to manage their finances and make smart financial decisions.

By teaching financial literacy at a young age, we can break the cycle of poor financial decision-making and set the next generation up for success.

 

Learn more:

Instagram: @iamyoungandbrilliant

Website: https://www.youngandbrilliant.org/

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