Education Stories

Octavio grew up trapped in poverty. He was failing in school. His dad left, and his mom couldn’t pay the rent. Then EARN taught the whole family how to save. "We didn’t just save money with EARN. We saved our family." 

When Ricardo almost failed the 6th grade, it broke his father’s heart to see him struggling. With EARN’s help, they both saved their money for a math tutor. Now Ricardo is running for 8th grade class president. 

Abused as a child, Julia grew up with the opposite of everything a child should have – no love, no education, no hope for the future. But when she became a mother, she found the strength to fight for a better future for her own daughters... and then she found EARN.

After years of drug addiction, La Tanya and her husband struggled to build a better future for their family. Today, La Tanya is a business owner and homeowner, and her son is in college.

Dametra and her daughter Yvonne went from homelessness to college.

When she became a mother at 17, Elizabeth all but gave up hope of going to college. It seemed impossible to save the money. With EARN's help, she is now studying for her degree at City College.

After a long battle with addiction, Lenore got clean and sober. She gave up cigarettes to save for a computer for her son. Now he is on the honor roll and heading for college.

DebraDenise always dreamed of having her own business, but instead found herself in a dead-end job. EARN gave her the confidence to pursue her dreams, and DebraDenise now runs her own consulting business managing clinical trials.

Elizabeth’s parents only finished grade school, but they taught her the value of education. When she found EARN, she knew it was time to go to college... and to start saving for her son’s future.

EARN helped 11-year-old Jared learn a lifelong lesson about investing in his future. He turned the profits from a lemonade stand and cookie sale into a nest egg for robotics classes to get him ready for college.

With EARN’s help, Zenelia is pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a professional in the medical field.