Budgeting as a Student | Featured Budgeter

While this Q & A took place during a pandemic, the learnings that are shared continue to be valuable under more normal circumstances. — Meet Arianna. She’s a 30-something, second-year grad student who’s learning and teaching Italian at the University of Florida. She’d say she’s in limbo since she’s transitioning into a new career field. … Read more

How to Prep Your Budget for the Back to School Season

Students all across the world shifted to remote learning over a year ago because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This shift had a sudden and dramatic effect on families’ childcare needs, and combined with other effects of the pandemic, like possible losses of parents’ income, many families were forced to make similarly sudden changes to … Read more

4 Ideas for Cheap Summer Fun with Kids

For school-aged kids in the US, summertime is the best time of the year. After 9 months of intense learning, having a multi-month break from school is just the thing any kid needs — or at least, it was for me.  With that said, summer vacation isn’t necessarily a relaxing time for everyone in the … Read more

5 Money Lessons My Mom Taught Me

Like every kid, I learned a lot about money just by being part of my family. Some of those lessons were taught to me directly, and some things I learned by watching, indirectly. Since Mother’s Day is coming up, I thought it’d be fun to reflect on what I learned about money from my mom, … Read more