FinCap Friday: Is Credit Card Debt a Threat?
Did you know that Americans broke a financial record in 2023? But most people would agree it's not a good record to break! For the first time ever, credit card debt surged past a whopping $1 trillion, and it's causing quite the buzz. Find out why this milestone is more than just numbers and how it might impact all of us and our financial futures in this week's episode of FinCap Friday:
Click here to access the Kahoot quiz and discussion prompt. If you're short on time, try our simplified No Tech version containing embedded questions right in the slide deck! You might even prefer to embed the quiz questions into the video with this Edpuzzle video!
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Yanely Espinal
Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!
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