FinMango's Community Update
Thanks for being a part of the FinMango journey! Moving forward, we’re happy to keep you updated on a monthly basis.
FinMango is a non-profit on a mission to solve complex problems that endanger the financial health of young adults in transition. We work with leaders and decision-makers — in public, government, and private sectors — to help make systems more effective, inclusive, and just.
🥭 Help wanted / asks:
We’re looking for help with social media content, especially creating photos/videos for Instagram. This is a great opportunity to help shape FinMango’s brand identity and have the creative freedom to experiment with your ideas. If you’re interested in working on social or have any questions, reach out to Sarah (sarah@finmango.org)
We’d love to get feedback on a proposal to build a Climate Migration Trend Scanner & Predictor. Contact Soham (spatel@finmango.org) to review or if interested in helping with the project.
Calling all teachers! We need help creating a high school contest for the 2023/2024 academic year. Contact Scott (scott@finmango.org) if interested in helping.
🤩 Highlights:
We are published by the American Journal of Health Education!
Proposing to build a Climate Migration Trend Scanner / Predictor.
UVA Seed delivered a research presentation for FinMango that breaks down the Brazilian Financial Ecosystem.
Preparing to launch an Energy Equity x Financial Health project in partnership with George Washington University Law School.
Locally, 6000+ students have been taught in the past academic year. Volunteers have donated 2000+ hours! Learn about the class and read the 6k+ reviews here.
Globally, the Ambassador program is off to a great start.
😞 Lowlights:
Sending FinMango ambassador welcome packages delayed. International shipping issues caused inconsistency. Our fault, fixing asap.
We apologize for poor communication recently. More private meetings occurred, but we aim to share more openly going forward. We’re committed to these monthly updates.
🚀 Product:
The FinMango website redesign was completed in February.
As always, you have access to FinMango’s product roadmap is a freely accessible board to see what we have released, what we are currently working on, and what is potentially coming next.
👏🏼 Kudos:
Elizabeth Gersch for being a mentor and guiding the UVA SEED team this spring!
JP Meyer, Sunny Singh, and Srimaan Suribhotla from UVA SEED for creating an incredible deliverable!
Pam Hoalt, Aurora Cheung, Martin Noguera, James W. Glasgow, and James F. Glasgow for dedicating a lot of their free time to go through the tedious process of getting a paper published in a peer reviewed journal.
All of the volunteers, for their effort, and tireless commitment in collecting data for the COVID-19 data project. Special shout-out to Bruna Chixaro, Rebeca Lozano, Uday Patel, Kishan Patel, Enrico Buoro, Ojasvinee Singh, Kevin D’Souza, Anthony Schilt, Erik Liang, and Chelsie Kindangen for all dedicating 18+ months to the project.
All ten ambassadors for being amazing humans. All kicking butt, smashing stereotypes, and breaking barriers.
Bob Gillingham and Rich Hoag for teaching tirelessly in schools for the past year.
Soham Patel and Sarah Cherian for meeting weekly and ensuring everything is ran smoothly at FinMango. We wouldn’t be here without them and their efforts!
