It's the first week of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month and we dive into that in the episode below. We look at the trend line for entrepreneurship in the Latinx community and also the details regarding working Latinas, specifically. Fun Fact: All throughout the coming weeks, NGPF will be highlighting Latinx and Hispanic voices on the blog and in Virtual PDs. You can also find themed Question of the Day resources and blog posts that you can use in the classroom with students!

For the answers to questions like, "how much did Latinx entrepreneurship grow over the past decade?" tune into this week's episode:

If you're short on time, try our simplified No Tech version containing embedded questions right in the slide deck!

Check out all of our FinCap Friday episodes here. They're not date-dependent so any of the 125+ in our catalog dating back to August 2018 may work throughout the coming year!

About the Author

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!