Money, Me & Key®
Nico Triplett, Student: We are not really taught about this, and people are scared to ask things. I know I am.
Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland: Our students are the future and we need to equip them with the skills they need to be competetive, right?
Anna Urban, Everfi: Welcome to today's financial literacy event with KeyBank, Everfi, and Cleveland High School for Digital Arts. Today is all about real conversations, real skills, and real futures.
Shanelle Smith Whigham, KeyBank: At Key, we believe in helping people, especially students like you, build the skills and the confidence to make smarter financial choices.
Chris Gorman, KeyBank: This is an important topic that we're here to talk about today — because we know that when young people are financially empowered, entire neighborhoods grow stronger.
"It doesn't have to be scary, hopefully we can bust that myth here."
Spend a little less than you make. I mean that really is the key."
"Having a backup plan is always a good idea."
Jaiden Dejesus, Student: I learned a lot today. Mostly about like saving and budgeting. It made me think a lot more about what I'm gonna be doing in my future and what I have to do to kind of make my ends meet.
Nico: Getting to talk to the people and also my friends top know a little more about what they're doing. So it's not like, maybe I'm the only — not the only one who is like lost a little bit. So it's easier to feel more comfortable.
Ray Martinez, Everfi: And seeing KeyBank give back to students in a really meaningful way, not only through technology but through time, is really special.
Karen Byron-Johnson, Cleveland High School for Digital Arts: Money, Me & Key will give us opportunities that we never even imagined, and possibilities for my kids that we never even thought.