HuckleBerry
Center for Creative Learning
Cynthia Kimura
Cynthia Kimura is a financial mentor guiding young minds towards a future of financial literacy and responsibility. With a passion for empowering students with the knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions. She brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to her role as an educator with 16 years teaching experience.
Her journey into the world of personal finance began during her own childhood, where she learned the value of money through hands-on experience managing her savings at an early age. This exposure sparked her interest in financial education and planted the seeds for her studies leading to her degree in Consumer Science.
She has volunteered at Dr. William Buckner's Consumer Counseling Center, where she gained valuable experience working with individuals and families navigating through the complexities of budgeting and debt.
Cynthia has gained additional financial experience through her employment as an account for Pioneer Electronics. She became a real estate investor in 2009 and currently manages rental properties for her company. Cynthia is looking forward to creating a dynamic learning environment where students are encouraged to explore topics such as budgeting, saving, spending, and entrepreneurship.
By instilling financial literacy at an early age, Cynthia believes, we can empower students to make sound financial decisions, avoid debt, and achieve their short and long-term goals.
Life Skills! (Continued!)
FALL:
This session is all about the Life Skills kids need! Last year we learned about applying for jobs, what are taxes, budgeting and more! This year we'll do a quick review and move into the costs that kids will see if their lives, and how to manage them. College? How to determine what it will really cost, and what you can do NOW to make good decisions about this. We'll start looking at Careers of the Future here to see what paths are available for the career that each student wants. Then we'll figure out paths to get there.... Saving, Delayed Gratification, Forming Habits, Self Care, Learning ALL THE TIME! These are some of the life skills we'll be learning in the Fall!
WINTER:
This session will be an extension of the fall, where we learn about ENTREPRENEURSHIP! From side-hustles to businesses of our own, we look to the future to see what types of work will be available. In this Brave New World of AI, what do jobs look like, and what do we want to create for ourselves? Students will be doing research, debating the truth in the media about future jobs. This is designed to be INSPIRING! The skills necessary for the future are totally available to our kids!
SPRING:
We've delve even further into INVESTING this session! Last year we looked at the stock market and the housing market, and we'll look there again this year. But we'll also look at ETFs! I mean, can we REALLY pick a better portfolio of stocks than the experts? We'll look at expense ratios, different investment strategies, IRAs and more! When kids start saving early, the future looks pretty bright!