With pastor’s help, LA teen is teaching families about new child investment program

Sophia Moreno has been active in debate since sixth grade, but she never expected her debating experience to spark her interest in policy and economics.

She’s now a co-captain of the debate team at Marlborough School, the girls’ college-preparatory school in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. And that interest has evolved into something much, much bigger for the 17-year-old high school senior.

Moreno, whose family belongs to St. Martin of Tours Church in Brentwood, recently created and launched a complete suite of financial literacy tools, the First Investor Project, including a website, an app, and illustrative calculators, to help low-income families become more financially literate.

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(Photo Credit: Sophia Moreno)