The financial capability team helps Latinos who are residing in Minnesota understand financial information and systems, and make sound financial decisions at every stage of their lives.
For questions about renting or buying a first home, sending a child to college, preventing fraud and scams, getting student financial aid and promoting healthy homes, contact:
Silvia Alvarez de Davila, Extension educator
salvarez@umn.edu
Gabi Burk, Extension educator
burkx012@umn.edu
Jose Lamas, Extension educator
lamas006@umn.edu
For questions about financial recovery after a disaster and disaster preparedness, contact:
Sara Croymans, Extension educator
croym001@umn.edu
For questions about spending and saving, taxes, investment and retirement, credit and debt, adjusting to income loss and teaching personal finance, contact:
Sharon Powell, Extension educator
spowell@umn.edu
Sam Roth, Extension educator
sroth@umn.edu
For questions about rent and housing options, Renter 101 and the RentWise program, contact:
Dung Mao, Extension educator
maox0025@umn.edu
For more information on later-life decision making or Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?™, contact:
Mary Jo Katras, program leader, family resiliency
mkatras@umn.edu