High School Students Feel the Bite of Financial Pressures

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It seemed easy enough, get assigned a hypothetical salary and spend it on essentials, but for Learn4Life high schoolers, a financial literacy event called Bite of Reality opened their eyes to the challenges of creating a budget and living within their means. Korina Echeverria, a Learn4Life school counselor, explains how they partnered with SchoolsFirst Credit Union for Bite of Reality workshops which simulate real-world issues about budgeting. Students are assigned