Hi, I’m Abby! I’m the founder, author, and designer of Teeconomics. I’m a senior in high school from the Bay Area. After taking economics, I became super interested in learning more about finance and the economy. As a member of Rock the Street, Wall Street, an organization for women in finance, I had the opportunity to attend webinars and events about different career pathways in the industry– as well as earning my Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals certification. I went on to take a personal finance course at Stanford University and became a Certified Youth Investment Analyst with help from the Young Investors Society.

One thing was constantly reiterated to me by my older mentors– the importance of learning personal finance as a teenager. Financial mismanagement can cause struggles that last a lifetime, and there are so many benefits to learning personal finance early. Americans pay an average of $577 in late fees, overdrafts, and fraud-related charges; money they could save with the right financial education. And only about 63% of adults could pay a hypothetical $400 expense– that’s only about 5 tanks of gas where I live!

In my paper Robbing Students of Future Earnings and America’s Economic Growth: The Lack of Financial Literacy Courses in Public Schools, I prove the link between lack of early financial education in public schools leads to mounting financial inequalities, poor financial wellbeing, and the broader health of our economy. 

After learning, and proving, the benefits of financial literacy, I wanted to help expand financial education. While I’m partly analytical-wired, I’m also creative and artistic by nature. I wanted other students to have the same fascination with finance as I did, that isn’t always sparked in through your average economics textbook. 

Using my creativity and love for design, I design and write classroom handouts (with fun activities), slideshow presentations, and weekly instagram posts about economics, personal finance, and current events– targeted and broken down for teenagers. All my materials are completely free to access for any student, teacher, or club!