Here is an article about the work that The National Financial Eductors Council is doing in Kenya!
I am so proud to be the National Financial Literacy Ambassador and I know we will  see amazing life changing results in Kenya!

Kenya, Educator Training.  The National Financial Educators Council partnered with Nurture Smart to launch a financial literacy campaign designed to empower educators and students. The initiative was designed to align with Kenya Vision 2030, the country’s development plan whose objective is to transform Kenya into a “middle-income country providing a high-quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030.”

The NFEC provided consultation services, curriculum design, funding campaigns, media outreach, and Certified Financial Education Instructor training courses.  These financial education services were focused on helping Kenya reach its stated objective of improving its citizens’ quality of life. The campaign launch brought together personal finance experts and leaders from around Kenya, including Prof. James Ole Kiyiapi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education.  Financial education is a new topic to the country, and raising awareness among educators and individuals was an important piece.  The first event met key goals including awareness, building relationships with influencers, media coverage, and bringing together those organizations that represented best practices.

The next phase of the Kenyan campaign is to train and certify educators.  The NFEC is planning to work with key influencers to adapt training programs and curriculum to align with Kenyan and African values.  An educator training event and media campaign are being prepared to serve more than 300 teachers located in Kenya and surrounding African countries.  Sponsorship forms, marketing material, and outreach efforts are in place to fund the financial education campaign.

A Huge Thank you to KMOTION MEDIA for donating your time to make my words come to life and supporting my platform "Financial Fitness for the Heart" It takes all of us working together to promote stress and financial education awareness to help people live healthier financially fit lives!

Last night I had the privilege of attending a Tony Robbins Peak Performance Workshop!
It was a wonderful time of sharing our passions and goals in life and it was great to meet so many women who are driven and goal oriented! Thank you to Taylor Weiss who spoke last night you are inspiring!
I left knowing that my passion to combat the effects of financial illiteracy in our world and inspire others to commit to financial fitness for life drives my actions every day. Taylor ended with speaking about turning action into results!
Pictured below with Taylor :)

I am so proud of the National Financial Eductors Council of which I am a National Financial Literacy Ambassador for the work they do to combat the effects of financial illiteracy in our world is worthy of a shout out!! I have to share about the work we are doing in India!! Changing lives!
I am HOPING to travel there some day SOON!!!
The National Financial Educators Council has expanded its operations to bring financial literacy to India with a partnership with the ENNELA Welfare Association. The first international financial literacy program in India through this partnership was held on October 21st, 2012 and hosted over 50 participants from the Sriranga Varam. The long term goal of this program is to serve over 1862 villages across India with financial literacy training.
Two of the 50 people that participated in the day long financial literacy program delivered by ENNELA included Mr. Ram and Mrs. Radha. Here are their stories:
Mr. Ram reddy has 10 acres of cultivating land. From the childhood he has been working in the field. He has no education and no schools in those days in the village. His father and 5 brothers are farmers but illiterates. 3 brothers sold out their lands and settled at Hyderabad city. He has 2 sons and 3 daughters. All are settled surroundings of this village.
He had no knowledge about personal finance matters and didn’t have access to financial literacy articles or education before this event. All the children has taken the property and left with 2 acres to him. He has been working in the fields for the livelihood of both wife and himself. Both are too old to work but no chance to take rest.
He participated the awareness program and surprised with the contents. He never heard of savings and about bank account. He has an opinion that children take care of parents in their old age. He has no answer if they neglect the parents. He said that after this program “at least even now I learned about savings. I would have enjoy retirement life if I can save my hard earning money for the past 50 years”
Mrs. Radha is a flower seller that was often cheated by customers due to poor knowledge of calculations. She is a 45 years old widow, selling flowers in surrounding villages for her livelihood. She has 2 sons and both are farmers in this village, sriranga varam. She is living with eldest son Mr. Prakash and no problems for her remaining life.
But she has entrepreneurship and selling flowers in surrounding villages. Daily morning she goes to gardens and purchase flowers in wholesale prices. Segregate and prepare into garlands in multiple sizes. After lunch at home she starts selling garlands in surrounding villages.
But every day she is suffering with losses. Why? She got the answer at the awareness program. She is poor in money matters and selling at very low rates and always receiving losses. The purchasers cheating her at prices and sizes of garlands. She never adds cost of her garland making charges to selling prices.
Here she learned about pricing, selling costs, buying costs, wastage and value additions to her marketing of flowers. She decided to learn basic financial education through banking kiosk. She advised by manager that “open savings account so that credit will increase and that will be the capital for next week trading”.

I am a stylist with Chaume' a purse company started right here in Green Bay, Wisconsin by Mollie Thiery and Mandy Rhodes. They started the company after both their positions were eliminated as pharmaceutical reps on the same day. As women business owners I admire their drive and passion for their company! I decided to be a stylist with Chaume' because I could chose the hours I work and it is also a way for me to add to my goal of financial security. I also use these purse parties with women to speak to them about Go Red for Women and the importance of controlling your risk factors for heart disease one of them being stress. I always share about my mothers heart disease and how stress contributed to that and I LOVE the way the women share their own stories and actually read the literature I provide to them from the American Heart Association. I also give a portion of the proceeds from the party to Go Red for Women. Here is a picture of me with the owner of Chaume' Mollie Thiery with literature that I provide the women with from the American Heart Association in Wisconsin. Mollie also a supporter my platform "Financial Fitness for the Heart!"  Another very successful party -- Thank you to Everyone!

So many of you know that I am a HUGE Green Bay Packer Fan but I have to say that I just have to LOVE Brandon Lloyd because as the National Financial Literacy Ambassador for the National Financial Educators Council Brandon is promoting our Money XLive Program! Last year Brandon and the NFEC partnered  with Yahoo Sports to promote it and I could not be prouder of him!!! IF you know of any Packers that want to also lead the charge to promoting financial literacy let's get the two of them together! I know I am going to try to as Mrs. Wisconsin Interntional I am up for a good game of financial football any day! 
Read all about Brandon Lloyd has been changing lives -  http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/outside-game-brandon-lloyd-leading-charge-financial-literacy-061237921--nfl.html

Last night I was a volunteer at the Rock the Red fundraiser for Go Red for Women! Our Keynote Speaker was Kimberly Montgomery a National Spokesperson for Go Red for Women from Wisconsin she was chosen from over 700 applicants. You can view her story here

Kimberly Montgomery's Story - Go Red For Women

www.goredforwomen.org
Macy's was a sponsor of the fashion show and I was thrilled to be a part of it! As I modeled my outfit the MC shared my mother's story of passing away of heart disease in which financial stress played a role in. I am honored to be just one of the many volunteers in the state of Wisconsin. We are Driven and Passionate working hard to make a difference.

Happy Mother's Day to Everyone!

What a precious day to stop and say Happy Mother's Day! To all of the moms, stepmothers, guardians and to anyone who nurtures and loves children like a mother thank you! I am a mother and a stepmother with children with ages ranging from 32 to 8. I can honestly tell you that I have experienced every stage of raising a child. As a mother I have certainly grown in so many ways actually that is what children do for us they make us grow they challenge us and most of all they provide a source of pride and joy that nothing can compare to. My mother passed away 2 years ago and I miss her laughter most of all if you have your mom in your life hug her today and tell her how much you love her. My favorite thing to get for mother’s day is a homemade card and I have to share with you the one I got from my youngest child Cooper he is 8 and yes that is his amazing penmanship!! I don't know why he addressed it to Jayne instead of mom he calls me mom but it's so cute. Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day

As a Founding Board Member of the iOme Challenge it has been an amazing journey that started with a passionate group of Board Members who are deeply concerned about financial illiteracy in our youth. With a focus on college students we set out to create a financial literacy contest where college students would form teams and write an essay and create a 60 second call to action video that answers a financial question that is posed to them. Check out our challenge here: www.iomechallenge.org We have found that when college students have to seek out and be proactive to get the financial answers they need - they learn and learn in a way that they never forget! The iOme Challenge has engaged over 35 different Universities in this Challenge over the last 5 years and now we rejoice in that the Department of Labor put the iOme Challenge's winning teams trip in the DOL Newsletter that goes out to over 300,000 people!!  You can view the newsletter here:  http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsletter/2013/20130429.htm

Winning Team in Washington!  The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

This year's question was:
Essay
The 2012 Presidential election ended November 6. You and your iOme Team have been selected by the President-Elect to serve as his Council of Economic Advisors (CEA).  One of the responsibilities of the CEA is “… to make and furnish such studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to matters of Federal economic policy and legislation as the President may request." (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/about) The President informs you of his great concern over the future financial challenges of the Millennial generation specifically: low levels of savings and the lack of planning for their retirement.
continued at this link: http://iomechallenge.org/2011-iome/this-years-topic/

As a Board Member for Go Red for Women we were thrilled with the success of our Luncheon. It was a time of inspiration and heart break as we heard several stories each reminding us of the importance of knowing the warning signs and NOT ignoring the warning signs. I was blessed in many ways and proud to be a part of Go Red for Women in Green Bay!