Hard Work Pays off! Support @new_wavez_ Clothing in the Galleria at the Pop Up Shop! Super excited for our Invest in Yourself student Christian and his growing business! The best part is that he’s only a Freshman at Hightower high school 💪🏾. #entrepreneurship. Thank you @targetevolution @teenbizcamp for making this happen!

Invest in Yourself teamed up with Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union at Missouri City Middle School and students got a taste of reality and adulting during a Financial Literacy Reality Fair. Students learned about goal setting, budgets and how future careers can impact their desired lifestyle.

Shark Tank! At our Invest in Yourself Summer workshop students wrote business plans and had to pitch their ideas to their peers who acted as the Sharks! They really took these roles seriously too. @TexasSouthern TRIO program. The instrumental in video by our student Dj Ken Ken

We had a great time learning about investing during our Invest in Yourself Summer workshop at Texas Southern TRIO program!! 🙌🏾

Proud of our Invest in Yourself student Christian and his New Wavez Clothing! ‪Entrepreneurship is a big part of our program as financial freedom is the key. He is in the 8th grade and has clear vision on where he wants to go. Every shipment he gets, he is selling out.

Our Invest in Yourself students gave their stock market financial literacy presentation at the Fort Bend ISD Assistant Principals Meeting! They did an amazing job!

Our Spring 2019 tour still is going strong. Our Invest in Yourself middle school students had so much fun during our stop at Marshall High School. This is our 2nd time here teaching seniors so we had to remix it! #SecureTheBag #Invest #Ownership #EachoneTeachOne

A huge thank you Ms. Edwards & Ms. Byrd for allowing “Invest in Yourself” to work w/ their Briargate Elementary “GEMS” teaching them Financial Literacy (budgeting). 2019 #FinancialLiteracyTour

Invest in Yourself spoke to the young scholars from the Impact Agency about stocks and investing. The more youth we can teach financial literacy the better our community will become. Less debt, less student loans, and better credit. This is the knowledge we want to teach our kids now so they can become productive members of society. No doubt that they will become Future Shareholders in Fortune 500 companies VERY soon.

Thank you Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union for coming out and teaching our Invest in Yourself students about Credit/Debt & FICO scores. They were extremely engaged and would not stop raising their hands. This is what it’s all about!! Financial Literacy 🙌🏾💪🏾

Our Invest in Yourself students had a recap of their lesson about Credit Scores. We are so excited that they really took an interest in this lesson. They had a ton of questions and formed strong opinions early about the decisions they will make in the future. Financial Literacy is so important.

Our Invest in Yourself students Ryan and Trynt won 1st place out of 446 teams in the year long The Stock Market Game competition. Each team was given $100,000 of simulated money to invest. The group who earned the most profit over 9 months wins. Our winners Ryan and Trynt turned their $100,000 into $147,000!

Invest in Yourself students visited Keller Williams Realty and taught agents how to use social media to increase business. This was an incredible experience.

Fun class today with our students! ‪They were given the task of investing $2,000 in companies they feel would give the biggest return on their investment. I gave them 20 minutes total to do their research & create presentations to defend their position.

Ryan and Trynt were our winners of our Stock Market Simulation Competition! As a reward, we took a trip to New York City to visit the actual Wall Street! This was an incredible experience for our students and their families.

Invest in Yourself Students visited the El Paso Finance Center at Rice University. During our visit, the students were able to converse about stocks, cryptocurrency, business, and investing with a professional. They were also given the opportunity to learn in depth financial terminology, and also compete in a stock market simulation.

Our Invest in Yourself Students had a great time at the "Power of Preparation" Financial Literacy Pep Rally thanks to the Houston Rockets & Houston Federal Credit Union!

Our students competed in a stock market competition. We had 12 teams compete for a chance to visit Wall Street in New York City.

The Houston Texans along with First Community Credit Union awarded me with the 2017 STARS in the Classroom Award! I received Over 30 nominations from my students! I am beyond grateful. They are the REAL Stars in the Classroom!

Invest in Yourself was awarded $18,000 from WeWork in their “Incubate” category.

Invest in Yourself conducted a stock market workshop where they taught members of their community about financial literacy. Each participant opened investment accounts and was gifted seed money towards their first purchase. Now they are shareholders in Fortune 500 companies. This was an incredible experience for my students and none of this would be possible the grant from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. #Investinyourself365

Invest in Yourself students visited the El Paso Finance Center at Rice University. During our visit, the students were able to converse about stocks and investing with a professional. They were also given the opportunity to breakdown episodes of shark tank, learn in depth financial terminology, and also compete in a stock market simulation.

Our Invest in Yourself students and Mr. Thomas took a trip to New York City! While there, they visited the Financial Bull, Wall Street, 9/11 Memorial Museum, and the American Museum of Finance just to name a few!

Our Invest in Yourself students were participating in a Stock Market Game Simulation. They were placed into teams. The team that earned the most profit by December would win an all expense paid trip to NYC to visit the actual Wall St!

Here is a video of our first bank trip! Our students opened their first bank accounts with the stipend they received for attending program weekly. They deposited this money and used those funds to purchase stocks over the next 3-4 months. Our goal is to teach them to not only save but also invest. EARN WHILE YOU LEARN! They are the future so we have to invest in them. Teach them early. Thank you #StateFarm for believing in our dream. Also thank you to Xposure Foundation Inc. for their financial contributions.

Our students had an amazing class as retirement specialist Brittany Golden taught them smart ways to make money and save for the future.

We conducted a 5 week financial literacy summer camp at Lilly Grove Church in Houston, TX. Here is our video summary of the camp.

It was a great day for our Invest in Yourself students of Lake Olympia Middle School as they opened their Capital One Sharebuilder Investment Accounts. Their parents were extremely proud as they will begin to invest their money and become shareholders in Fortune 500 companies. Our students are becoming financially literate and will change the dynamic of their families and communities!

Our students were assigned to research which stock they wanted to invest. They then were to present this information using PowerPoint.

Our students conducted research on numerous companies to determine which one they would like to invest in the following month.

Students of Invest in Yourself learning how to read a stock quote!

Our students opened bank accounts (with parents in attendance) with Chase and Wells Fargo. Xposure Foundation Inc. gifted $25 to each student for their initial deposit. Now that our students have bank accounts, they will actually purchase stocks and become shareholders in these Fortune 500 companies.