Ray Martinez
Ray Martinez is co-Founder and president of EVERFI, from Blackbaud. Through Ray’s vision and leadership, EVERFI’s Financial Capability Network has grown to include more than 800 financial institutions that deliver critical personal finance, entrepreneurship and investment education to K12 students and adults in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Why now is the time to get serious about financial literacy
Imagine if we taught math by mandating just a single semester-long course in high school. Or if we taught science by occasionally mentioning it in history classes. Yet, that’s exactly how financial literacy is taught in US schools—if it’s taught at all.