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¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Solidarity Across Multiple MSI DesignationsIn this episode we get in (racial) formation with Dra. Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, an assistant professor of Counseling and College Student Personnel at California Lutheran University. Dra. Espinoza’s research revolves around racial and organizational classifications, focusing on MSIs; particularly dual and multiple designated MSIs. She lays out the landscape of these institutions drawing on her dissertation titled, “Let’s get in (racial) formation: A three-paper exploration of dual- and multiple-designated Minority-Serving Institutions.” We talk about the complications, but also call on educators in these institutions to work in relation and solidarity across racialized lines. The call to action i...2025-05-0454 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Historic HSIs and Historic Spaces of ServingnessWhat does it mean to be an historic HSI? Since few HSIs were founded with the mission to serve Latine students, the definition of an “historic HSI” is to have enrolled 25% Latine students since 1992 when the Higher Education Act was reauthorized to include HSIs. The historic HSIs are important because they have provided access to Latine students for over 30 years. In this episode we elevate these HSIs that I affectionately call “tia HSIs.” We also touch on the “historic spaces of servingness” which includes cultural centers, ethnic studies, and Trio programs. This plática includes Rosa Isela Cervantes, the Director for...2025-04-2056 min
HealthCare UnToldDr. Ann Lopez, Executive Director: Center for Farmworker FamiliesOur guest today is, Dr. Ann López is the Executive Director of Center for Farmworker Families. The Center for Farmworker Families provides support to farmworker families in the central coast of California. The Center for Farmworker Families is a 501(c3)nonprofit at www.farmworkerfamily.org . The website is designed to provide updates on the status of binational farmworker families and provides ways in which those who are interestedcan become involved with the work of improving their life circumstances.She is an emerita professor and taught courses in biology, environmental science, ecology and botany in the biology department a...2025-04-1118 min
Pruning To Prosper/ Catholic, Declutter, Organize, Motivation, Budget, Meal Plan283. How To Pay for College with CFP and Author, Ann GarciaAnn Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. She is a fee-only financial planner and the author of the critically-acclaimed "How to Pay for College" and a sought-after media guest who's been quoted in the New York Times, the Oregonian, and U.S. News and World Report, to name a few. Ann recently launched an interactive online course to help parents (and their advisors) affordably build saving for college and applying for aid into their broader financial plan. As a parent whose twins just graduated debt-free from their top-choice colleges, Ann's expertise expands beyond FA...2025-04-0958 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Rethinking Developmental Mathematics as ServingnessDevelopmental mathematics is one of the most pressing educational issues that colleges across the nation are addressing. Many states have passed legislation to address inequities in placement into developmental mathematics while individual colleges are trying innovative approaches to ensure the success of students who enroll in these courses. It’s an issue we may not fully solve, but there are many best practices to learn from. Our guest Dr. Vanessa Hill is a math professor who has spent the last 18 years at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) doing what she loves–teaching mathematics. She has also been involved in effo...2025-04-0657 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Nerding out on Governing Boards at HSIsIn this episode we nerd out on all things governance in higher education, with a focus on governing boards and trustees in HSIs. The role of governing boards in advancing servingness is an understudied topic, despite the importance of gaining support from trustees in order to advance equity and social justice goals. Dr. Demetri L. Morgan joins the conversation, bringing a wealth of knowledge on the topic. He is an associate professor of education at the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education in the Center for the Study of Postsecondary and Higher Education. His research focuses on...2025-03-231h 03¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Transformation Teams Leading HSIsWhat happens when a group of 15 change agents from across campus come together to build an HSI movement? That was the guiding question for a small grant project funded by the Student Experience Research Network (SERN). With the grant we launched “HSI Transformation Teams” at two community college campuses–Santa Rosa Junior College and Fullerton College. In this episode we talk about how the teams came together to transform HSIs in practice, in community, and with the purpose of fostering collaborative research-practice-policy partnerships. Members of the transformation teams learned about HSI scholarship and engaged in participatory action research to develo...2025-03-091h 03
HealthCare UnToldGenteCare Alert: Jasmine Najera: Uplifting the Power of our Latino Communities and Organizations.Our podcast today features Jasmine Najera and Barbara Garcia, who provide us with statistics regarding the economic power of US Latino communities. In addition to exploring these vital statistics, they delve into the critical role of uplifting and supporting the dedicated staff of our Latino community organizations, especially during these challenging and uncertain times. Keep our Latino Organizations strong by donating and volunteering. Si Se Puede!#LatinoEconomicPower #StrengthInCommunity#SupportLatinoOrganizations #DonateAndVolunteer
2025-03-0608 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Federal Politics of HSIs Under 47The new presidential administration took office on January 20th, 2025, launching a new era of federal politics for colleges and universities that many of us are trying to navigate. But how do we move forward when 47’s administration is releasing daily attacks on public education, research, academic freedom, access, and equity? On this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we discuss the current federal climate and offer advice for remaining focused on doing good work in solidarity across racial-ethnic groups. Our guest, Dr. Cristóbal Rodríguez, is a policy expert and scholar activist with a track record of advocating for Latine...2025-02-231h 10¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Building a Graduate-Going Culture at HSIsWhat is a graduate-going culture? Drawing from the college-going culture research, I define a graduate-going culture as one where faculty, staff, and administrators are dedicated to promoting students’ aspirations for graduate school, including planning and preparation. I argue that HSIs should prioritize building a graduate-going culture that provides students with the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed for pursuing and successfully entering graduate programs, including master’s, doctoral, and professional programs. This is essential to HSIs where a large percentage of students are first-generation to college and therefore first-generation to graduate school. The development of a graduate-going culture can be liber...2025-02-0952 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Liberatory Outcomes in HSIsWe kick off season 6 of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? with a conversation about advocacy for Latine college students and HSIs. We learn with Dr. Patrick Velasquez, a Chicano educator who serves as Co-Chair of the San Diego Chicano/Latino Concilio on Higher Education and works directly with HSIs in the San Diego region. Patrick is a huge advocate for liberatory outcomes in HSIs and successfully advocated for the addition of an undergraduate, liberatory Institutional Learning Outcome that emphasizes anti-racism and social justice for San Diego State University students. In this episode we talk about the process of ensuring that the ca...2025-01-2655 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Emerging with Intentionality and Joy: Cal Poly SLOWe conclude season 5 with a conversation on emergence and the active process of becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) is one of the last institutions in the 23-campus Cal State system to become an HSI. Comparatively, many of the 23 CSUs have been HSIs for over 20 years, which put Cal Poly in an interesting position to act with intention and joy. And that they did. Dr. Beya Makekau, Associate Vice President of Strategic Planning & Networks, and Dr. Denise Isom, Interim Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, join us for an invigorating conversation about intentionality in this...2024-12-151h 03¿Qué pasa, HSIs?HSIs Enacted Across Space & TimeIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we learn about enacting servingness across space and time. We focus specifically on the similarities and differences of emerging as a community college HSI and a four-year R1 HSI. Yesenia Escobar Mendoza talks about her experience as a counselor at San Jose City College working in a center that was created with a Title V grant and carrying on the HSI legacy over time. She stresses the importance of Title V grants in building a culture of servingness, but believes that the people hired by the grants are even more essential. Elizabeth Go...2024-12-011h 02
EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia“Freedom Beyond Trauma” with Ann Hince Repost from June 01 2022Send us a textHow do you handle triggers that stem from events years—or even decades—past? In this episode, Ann Hince takes us on her journey of emotional healing, starting with an experience that opened the door to deep, buried emotions from her childhood. We’re inviting you to join us in exploring her path to emotional freedom ❤️ Listen in as Ann shares her story and empowers you to embrace and release your emotions.🌿 Listen in to:💌 Discover how Ann uses the EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to process emotional triggers.💌 Learn how to become...2024-11-2743 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Stories of Transformation & HealingClass is in session with Dr. Alexandro Jose Gradilla, an activist professor at Cal State Fullerton who is grounded in liberatory and decolonial praxis. In this episode we learn how to utilize both federal and private foundation grants to enhance servingness with and for Latine undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. In his words he provides us with a “hometown buffet” of things you can do as a faculty member at an HSI including building pathway programs, designing and developing curriculum, and advocating and changing policies that harm students. Dr. Gradilla shares stories of success in institutional mentoring and buil...2024-11-171h 15¿Qué pasa, HSIs?The New England HSI MovementLet’s welcome New England to the mic! In this episode we learn about the HSI Movement taking place in Massachusetts and across the New England region. Our guests include Dra. Elisa Castillo, the Assistant Vice President of Hispanic and Minority Serving Initiatives at Salem State University, and Julissa Colón, the Founding Director of El Centro at Holyoke Community College. These mujeres are fierce and claiming their role as leaders in the HSI movement. They describe the New England Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution Conference which was funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education and tal...2024-11-031h 24¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Research Spotlight: Dual Enrollment & Promise ProgramsIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we spotlight empirical research that is relevant to HSIs. Our guest, Rogelio Salazar, is a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education & Organizational Change program at UCLA's School of Education. Guided by critical frameworks and methodologies that center an intersectional lens in interrogating P-16 policy, their research demonstrates how policies, organizational processes, and practitioners can disrupt or exacerbate existing educational inequities. We talk about dual enrollment (DE) and state promise programs, and specifically the ways that racially minoritized students benefit from or are disadvantaged by these programs. We also discuss mentoring practices for La...2024-10-2041 min
The Inspired Stories PodcastThe Power of Positivity: Ann Garcia's Recipe for Entrepreneurial Success | Nursing Home Series | Senior CareHow can immigrants build successful businesses in the healthcare industry while maintaining a focus on compassionate care? Ann Garcia shares her journey from nursing student in the Philippines to owning and operating Comfort Care Assisted Living, a network of residential care homes in Texas.Ann traces her path from arriving in the USA in 2009 to becoming a nurse and eventually taking over Comfort Care Assisted Living in 2018. She discusses the challenges she faced in adapting to American culture, building a career, and balancing entrepreneurship with family life.The conversation explores Comfort Care's approach t...2024-10-1256 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?¿Si No Yo, Quien? HSI Directors Leading the WayThis episode features Dra. Cyndia Morales Muñiz who serves as Senior Director of HSI Initiatives at University of Central Florida (UCF). Dra. Muñiz led efforts that resulted in UCF becoming a federally recognized HSI in 2019. She now works across the university to develop a centralized vision for maximizing this designation in a way that meaningfully serves students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members from diverse backgrounds. In this episode we learn how she leverages her HSI director role to lead the HSI movement on campus, start conversations about servingness, and encourage faculty and staff to get involved wi...2024-10-0654 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?HSIs as Public PolicyIn this episode Luis Maldonado teaches us about little “p” policy, or public policy, which includes finding solutions to difficult problems. As a policy advocate and lobbyist working with various organizations in Washington, DC for nearly 30 years, Luis has extensive knowledge on how public policy works. He served as director of government relations for HACU for 9 years, successfully establishing in law the federal authorization to create two important funding programs directed exclusively at HSIs: the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA), or Title V, Part B, and the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education HSIs Grant program at the National Scie...2024-09-221h 04¿Qué pasa, HSIs?The Origin Story of HSIs & OLLU’s RoleDo you know the origin story of HSIs and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)? In this episode we dive into the archives, by way of President Abel Chávez, to learn one perspective on how HSIs and HACU came to be. Dr. Chavez shares how Our Lady of the Lake University, or OLLU, played an integral role in the foundation, hosting an important convening of the first 11 colleges advocating for the designation. On January 22, 1986, the meeting titled, “Predominantly Hispanic Institutions of Higher Education Meeting” took place and a week later a proposal was submitted to the Ford...2024-09-0855 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Historically Black [emerging] HSIsWhat is a Historically Black [emerging] HSI? This episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? breaks it down and delivers the message you didn’t know you needed to hear. We know that HBCUs are unapologetically Black-serving, historically and authentically, but HSIs aren’t. In this episode we talk about what HSIs can learn from HBCUs with a focus on liberatory curriculum and empowerment pedagogies. We also talk about how HBCUs are good servers to Latine students, and especially Afro-Latine students. Importantly, we talk about the complexities of being an HBCU AND an emerging HSI, and whether it is federally possible to be...2024-08-251h 14¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Classified Professionals’ Self-Advocacy & Empowerment - Audio 1We kick off season 5 of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? with a dynamic duo of Chicana-Latina leaders who serve their campuses and advocate for their colleagues through the Classified Professionals Senate. Classified professionals is a term used in the California Community College system to refer to staff who are in non-faculty, non-counselor, and non-administration roles including administrative assistants, financial aid, facilities, and maintenance, to name a few. This episode elevates our awareness of the ways classified professionals, or staff, advance servingness for students while advocating for classified colleagues on campus. Amparo Medina serves as the Student Activities Specialist at Oxnard College an...2024-08-111h 03¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Summer 2024 Charla with Dra. Garcia & Allen “AC” WilliamsGuests:
Gina Ann Garcia (she/her/hers), Professor of Higher Education, UC Berkeley https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginaanngarcia/
Allen “AC” Williams (he/him/his), Assistant Director for Retention Initiatives, University at Buffalo https://www.linkedin.com/in/acwp95/
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This is a short episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? available in both audio on your favorite podcast apps and video on our YouTube channel. Join our host Dra. Gina Ann Garcia and our production manager Allen “AC” Williams as they talk about the summer 2024 listening lists and share the tea on some...2024-07-2124 min
Money Boss Parent#243 - Mastering College Planning with Ann GarciaI’m super excited about today’s episode because we have the amazing Ann Garcia, also known as The College Financial Lady, joining us and we’re diving into all things college planning!Ann is a certified financial planner and the author of How to Pay for College who is a sought-after expert that has developed a fantastic framework for creating your own college plan.So, what does that framework look like? Well, Ann breaks down financial tasks and family conversations by your child's life phase-making the whole process so much more manageable and clear.A...2024-07-1043 min
The Marketing MirrorSecrets to Influencer Marketing With Stephanie GarciaUncovering all the deets from her new book, "Ultimate Guide to Influencer Marketing" co-authored with Eric Butow, Stephanie Garcia is ready to reveal absolutely ALL so you can understand everything there is to know about Influencer Marketing. A powerful marketing channel, there are still so many questions both agencies and influencers have in understanding, strategizing, and implementing highly successful influencer collaborations, but the impact, budgets, and size of these kinds of campaigns can't be ignored! Some of the topics you'll want to know and are found in the book include: * All the...2024-06-041h 01¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Decolonizing HSIsIn this final episode of season 4 we dive into the concept of decolonizing HSIs. This plática features Lorena González, a Michoacana, Purepecha, Mexica Indigenous cis gender mujer who is faculty in counseling and La Raza Studies at Contra Costa College. Lorena lays out practical ways that HSIs can move beyond land acknowledgements and towards true decolonization for Latine students. She calls HSIs in, challenging us to reflect on the ways colonial logics are ingrained in the practices, policies, and culture of the institution, from the flags that are raised on campus to the language used to describe in...2024-06-021h 07
Women's Money WisdomEpisode 221: Scholarships and Financial Planning for College with Ann Garcia, CFP®Want to make college more affordable? Listen to this episode with Ann Garcia, CFP® as she explores scholarship funding for college. Discover different scholarship types, application strategies, and the importance of early planning to minimize debt. Make sure you catch these tips to help set up your child's financial future. Listen and Learn:Explore three main scholarship types to help reduce college costsHelpful tips to research colleges and find scholarship opportunitiesHow to look for local scholarships to reduce the rising costs of collegeGet ahead of rising tuition fees by using 529 plansRe...2024-05-2836 min
The Actor FactorEpisode #70 Intimacy Coordinator, Director, Actress Ann C. JamesBrad & Diego have Intimacy Coordinator Ann C. James in the booth to talk about how the industry has evolved from everyone just getting naked on set to having rules and regulations and actors comfort and safety being considered! She's also one hell of a Director and Actress, steadily working in this ever changing industry!Like our Podcast? Wanna Support with a Donation of any size?venmo - @BradAshtenWe thank you for your patronage & Keeping the arts alive!#actor...2024-05-2042 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Noncredit institutions are HSIs too: A conversation with President Tina KingIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we learn about San Diego College of Continuing Education, a noncredit college that enrolls more than 25% Hispanic students, yet is unqualified for HSI eligibility due to the federal definition. Dra. Tina King, president of SDCCE, talks about how the college enacts servingness despite HSI ineligibility. We talk about her equity-minded approach to leadership and her unwavering commitment to students. She also talks about her life growing up as a proud Afro-Latina born to a Black father and Mexican mother from Jalisco. Despite her pride, she also shares her experiences with anti-Blackness in th...2024-05-1951 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Lessons in Grassroots LeadershipIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we engage in lessons in grassroots leadership with Dra. Leticia Villarreal Sosa, a scholar activist who serves as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor in the School of Social Work at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She shares stories of the risks and challenges that grassroots leaders face while trying to transform their campuses into Latine-serving spaces. As a social worker who centers feminist teachings and racial justice in her work, enacting servingness comes natural to her, yet she has faced numerous struggles and strong opposition along the wa...2024-05-051h 06¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Brown Table Talk with President OlivoIn this episode we transform the ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? microphone into a brown table talk with one of our favorite HSI leaders Dra. Cynthia Olivo, who is the 10th president of Fullerton College. Dra. Olivo’s career spans nearly three decades, serving in many roles including Assistant Superintendent and Vice President of Student Services at Pasadena City College and Associate Director of Admissions and Student Recruitment at California State University, San Bernardino. In this plática we learn about how she has served as a champion for equity and academic excellence for students, how she has worked towards organizational chang...2024-04-071h 08
Parents: Is Your Teen College Ready?Ann Garcia- How to Pay for CollegeShellee and Ann discuss:Ask yourself: What does it mean to live your best life? Then build a plan to make it a realityA great college experience is possible at any price pointThe importance of looking at your budget for college when your kids are in middle school so you can plan accordinglyEvery student is eligible for scholarships and it's the parents job to help them find themAbout Ann:Ann Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady, has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing...2024-03-2928 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Navigating AANAPISI & HSI Dual DesignationThis episode is packed with MSI-HSI-AANAPISI knowledge! Whether you are at a dual or multiple designation campus or not, this episode is for you! Our guest Dr. Mike Hoa Nguyen is an assistant professor of education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the principal investigator of the MSI Data Project. He has extensive professional experience that informs his research, having served as a senior staff member in the United States Congress and a program associate at De Anza College, an AANAPISI in California. In this episode we dive deep into the we...2024-03-241h 02
Life Coaching for Mompreneurs | Work Life Balance, Procrastinating, Time Management, Boundaries, Goal SettingEp. 129: How to Pay For College with Ann GarciaIs college planning stressing you out? Are you excited about your child’s college journey but worried about how to pay for it? I've got you covered. Ann Garcia is a certified financial planner and expert in college planning. Ann shared some amazing insights and tips to help you navigate the overwhelming process of preparing for college financially. From discussing the benefits of college as an investment to understanding student loans, Ann breaks down the complexities of college planning in simple terms. In this episode, you'll discover: The types of s...2024-03-2145 min
Life's Essential IngredientsSeason 4 Episode #4 Ann Garcia is Guiding Parents Down the College Financial Waters!Send us a textC4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved. We also write children’s books, host this podcast, and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other. Please check out PIZZADAYS.ORG to support our important work. Season 4 Episode #4 Ann Garcia is coming from Portland, OR (inform, inspire, & transform)You can find Ann via her website howtopayforcollege.comAbout our guest: Ann Garcia, aka The...2024-03-121h 02¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Elevating Managerial Professionals & Support Staff in ServingnessIn this episode Dra. Karla Silva talks about her research with managerial professionals and support staff at HSIs. Her findings indicate that these practitioners are often the people on the ground implementing servingness at HSIs, yet they are overlooked in the servingness research, not invited to the HSI conversations on campus, and don’t feel like they are part of servingness efforts. They also feel overworked and underpaid, yet the majority are women and Black, Indigenous, People of Color with a great level of commitment to serving minoritized populations. Karla shines an important light on this essential group of st...2024-03-101h 08
Mama Needs A MomentEp. 95 College & Retirement: It Is Possible to Have Both w/ Ann GarciaAnn Garcia is a mom of twins who are attending their top-choice colleges because they were able to get scholarship packages and made choices that best fit their family’s budget.
Ann is also a CFP® and owner of Independent Progressive Advisors, a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor in Portland OR, author of The College Financial Lady blog (thecollegefinanciallady.com). Her blog has approximately 15,000 subscribers in various media (blog, Facebook) and she is regularly cited in national media (New York Times, US News & World Report) on the subject of college planning.
In her work she realized that...2024-03-0645 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?HSI NOW: Advancing Servingness in WisconsinWe make our way to the Midwest for this episode, learning with the HSI Network of Wisconsin. HSI-NOW is a coalition of leaders from colleges and universities across the state of Wisconsin with a mission to collectively develop the ideal conditions to serve, educate, and advance Hispanic/Latino* students to create equitable opportunities in higher education. In this plática, I talk to 2 members of the network who share the origin story, purpose, and major milestones that the network has made. A key take-away of this episode is that collaboration and cooperation will take us much further in our o...2024-02-251h 15
Chaos N' CookiesPaying for College with Ann GarciaToday on the podcast, I’m joined by author and Certified Financial Planner Ann Garcia. We dive into how to best prepare for college tuition, tactics for saving, and more! About the Guest:Ann Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. She's a Certified Financial Planner, partner at Independent Progressive Advisors in Portland, OR, and the author of How to Pay for College: A Complete Financial Plan for Funding your Child's Education. Ann has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money, US News & World Report, and cou...2024-02-1343 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Confessions of a Critical Friend to HSIsIn this episode we elevate the voice of one alumni of an HSI who calls themselves a critical friend to the institution. Throughout this episode we grapple with the tensions of calling on HSIs to change the structural ways they serve students while acknowledging some of the progress being made. I talk to Carlos Benitez Cruz (they/them) who is a PhD student in Community Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Carlos reflects on their time as a student at Dominican University, highlighting how they advocated for a cultural center on campus by learning from the legacy...2024-02-1154 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Honoring the Past & Strategizing for the FutureWe kick off another season of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? with our friends from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Dr. Michael Benitez, Jr. serves as the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion and Dr. Del Real serves as the Executive Director of HSI Initiatives and Inclusion. In this episode we talk about the strategies they have used to advance servingness both on campus and across the state of Colorado. They talk about using HSI grants to advance servingness and discuss the importance of having both a V.P. of Diversity and Inclusion and a campus-funded Director of HSIs on campus to...2024-01-281h 14
Mindful Money087: Ann Garcia - How to Pay for College: Helping Families Choose the Right SchoolUpcoming Event!How Can Mindfulness Help You Reach Financial Independence?Do you want to reduce money anxiety, but don’t know who to trust?Would you like to learn how to set up and manage your own retirement plan?Do you want to know how we create a passive income stream you can’t outlive?If yes, join us and learn how to answer the 4 critical financial independence questions:Am I on track for financial independence?What do I need to do to get on track?How do I de...2023-12-2041 min
WhiteLight//WhiteHeatWL//WH Premiere: ANN GARCIA - "Perseguido (Mverto Futura Remix)" [Kyma Komplex]WL//WH Premiere: ANN GARCIA - "Perseguido (Mverto Futura Remix)"
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The acclaimed Mexican Techno DJ, producer and @rote_mx founder, Ann Garcia is making her debut on the label with a mighty release titled ‘Paranoia’. The EP includes two original cuts and features on the remix duties a super trio of Latino virtuosos: Mverto Futura, Diaz Tech, and Veltrán.
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Guatemala City-based producer Javier Celis a.k.a Mverto Futura (@muertofutura) takes "Perseguido" on high energy, vibrant, and eclectic, equally dark and crispy, Indie Dance territories, marching through heavy pounding beats and sharp knocking percussion hits, topped by desol...2023-12-1905 min
The Ski Moms PodcastSki Mom Ann Garcia Demystifies College Costs and Helps Us Budget for Skiing and SportsBecome a Premium Subscriber here. In this episode we talk with Ann Garcia, ski mom, Certified Financial Planner and author. Ann is known in the financial industry as “The College Financial Lady”, helping families plan for their children’s education. Ann learned to ski at age 3 in Lake Tahoe, and after a harrowing first ski trip, her family became ski hippies, packing up their VW bus and heading out to different destinations from Wyoming to Utah. Ann loved skiing from the start and later taught her twins to ski. She reflects...2023-12-1545 min
Parenting in the First 3 YearsYear End Family Finances with Ann GarciaCurious about the smart moves that can boost your finances as the year wraps up?
Join me and my lovely guest, Ann Garcia, in this week’s episode as we unravel the mysteries of college savings, financial planning and ensuring a secure future for both you and your little ones. Plus she's got a great tip about a savings account for those looking to give your child money instead of toys for holiday and birthday celebrations!
Understanding your finances shouldn't be intimidating, it should be empowering. Get ready to demystify the language of money, embrace sm...2023-12-1222 min
You, The MotherHow To Pay For College with Ann GarciaThis week on the You, The Mother Podcast, Abbey welcomes Ann Garcia! Ann has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. Not only is she a certified financial planner and author of How to Pay for College, she’s also a parent of twins who just graduated from college debt-free, so her expertise goes beyond 529s and the FAFSA to the emotional components of helping your child set and achieve their dreams. Ann shares all her best insights on how to pay for college from savings to scholarships and FAFSA, plus how to guide your child to co...2023-11-1334 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Linguistic Servingness at HSIsFor the final episode of season 3 I talk to Vanessa Varela, Assistant Professor in Education, and Jason Meyler, Associate Professor of Spanish at Mount Mary University, a small women’s college HSI in Wisconsin. In this episode we dive into HSI NOW efforts in Milwaukee, the evolution of servingness at Mount Mary University, and the importance of acknowledging language and multilingualism in servingness efforts. Our guests highlight Mount Mary’s multilingual strategic plan, which is embedded in their HSI philosophy, and the Culture, Classroom, and Multilingual Learners Workshop, which builds capacity among faculty, adjuncts, and tutors to deliver academic cont...2023-11-121h 03¿Qué pasa, HSIs?The Making of an Intentional HSI: Cabrillo CollegeThis multi-guest episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? is full of knowledge sharing. I had the opportunity to talk to 5 members of Cabrillo College’s HSI Task Force, who shared their journey to making an intentional HSI. They talk about the accomplishments of their HSI Task Force, share tips for gaining support on campus for HSI efforts, and talk about the secret sauce to servingness work, which includes grassroots leadership and support from positional leaders including the president and trustees. We also learn about the historic moments along Cabrillo College’s path to becoming an HSI. Ann Endris, Title V HSI Di...2023-11-051h 15¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Streetwise Epistemology and ServingnessIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we think outside of the normative constructs of higher education learning with and from Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez who is the Director for the Rising Scholars program at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC). Dr. Hernandez is a Streetwise Scholar who attended Mt SAC, Cal State LA, and Cal State Long Beach, all of which are HSIs, having profound effects on his educational journey. But more so than the institutions, he talks about mentors and co-defendants who have guided him along the way, many of whom believed he would get a PhD be...2023-10-291h 16
Real World ParentingFinancial Planning For College with Ann GarciaAnn Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady, has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. This week, Dr. Laura Anderson invites Ann on to share valuable strategies and pertinent information to set you and your child up for success in saving for their future. Great college options are available at every price point and there are various steps you can take to feel more prepared in this process.Ann Garcia is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dr...2023-10-2749 min
The WEInvested PodcastHow to Pay for College: The College Financial Lady ft Ann GarciaAnn Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady, has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives. Her book How to Pay for College is available from bookstores everywhere; its companion online course is available now and has an affiliate option for podcast hosts.
Early in Ann’s career as a financial advisor, she heard the same two questions agai...2023-10-2546 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Spaces of Empowerment: HSI Student EquiposThis episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? features Dra. Dez Zuniga, HSI faculty lead for the Abriendo Caminos project at Pasadena City College (PCC), along with four members of PCC’s Student Advisory Equipo. The Equipo is an HSI initiative with significant impact and influence at PCC, led by Latine student leaders who participate in committees and working groups to help build a campus culture for serving Latine students. Our guests share their many successes and challenges along the way, guided by the love of their femtor Dra Dez, who embodies servingness as an HSI advocate on campus and creator of t...2023-10-221h 12¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Learning with RESISTE: STEM Servingness ResearchIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we continue down the path of understanding and conceptualizing STEM servingness with scholars from the Research and Equity Scholarship Institute, affectionately known as RESISTE, at San Diego State University. Dr. Felisha Herrera Villarreal is the director of the institute and widely published scholar who has procured external funding to support STEM servingness and STEM pathways research. Her scholarship employs advanced statistical techniques to examine contextual factors—institutional, geographic, demographic, political, and economic—that impact postsecondary outcomes. She is joined by Dr. Victoria Rodriguez-Operana, postdoctoral research fellow for RESISTE who co-leads efforts on extern...2023-10-151h 06¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Advocacy for Undocumented Students at One Emerging HSIWe turn the focus to one emerging HSI in this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? to learn about how one campus has prepared to become an HSI. Our guest, Dra. Sandy López serves as the Director of the Undocumented Student Resource Center at Northern Illinois University (NIU), an emerging HSI in Illinois. Sandy has over 30 years of experience serving students, staff, faculty, and school business officials as an elementary school teacher, academic advisor, teaching consultant, administrator, and most importantly as a mentor and student advocate. Dra. López talks about her work as an unapologetic educator activist who is h...2023-10-081h 00¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Working with Pre-college Students and their Communities as ServingnessIn this episode, Aaron Cortes talks about how efforts to create pathways to college for Latine/x students is a part of servingness. Creating pathways is essential to access to higher education, yet institutions must do this work with the student and their families at the center. Aaron serves as the Director of the STEM initiatives (STEAM Pathways) at the Center for College Access and Success of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). In this capacity, he directs the TRIO Upward Bound, TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science, and 21st Century Community of Learning Centers. In addition to directing outreach programs...2023-10-011h 12¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Embodying Servingness: UCR Chicano Student ProgramsSeason 3, Episode 3 takes us to the next level of understanding servingness. In this plática, I talk to 5 educators, activists, artists, poetas, and storytellers who take us on a journey to understanding the embodiment of servingness, meaning it is lived out daily in all practices and ideologies at Chicano Student Programs (CSP) at UC Riverside. CSP has been embodying servingness for 50 years by design. The campus and the entire UC system can and should follow CSP, and so should our listeners. Dra. Arlene Cano Matute, a community based scholar, practitioner and mother serves as the Assistant Director of CSP w...2023-09-241h 30
Money Loves WomenFunding Your Future with Scholarships, 529 Plans, & More, with Ann GarciaDid you know that you can pay for college without paying out a single penny of your own? Did you know there are scholarships for video gamers? Did you know that every student is eligible for scholarships and that you don’t need a 4.0 grade average to get them? Welcome back to another episode of the Money Loves Women podcast. Today’s special guest, Ann Garcia, is a Certified Financial Planner and author of How to Pay for College who has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college and who separates fact from fiction in t...2023-09-2040 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Disrupting Racialized Cisheteropatriarchy in Math Classrooms for ServingnessIn this episode we focus on servingness in math and mathematics spaces on campus. I talk to Dr. Luis Leyva, associate professor of mathematics education & STEM higher education at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Omayra Ortega, associate professor of mathematics & statistics at Sonoma State University, and Ronimar López-Bazán, a first generation nonbinary Chicane mathematics graduate from Sonoma State University. Luis, Omayra, & Ronimar talk about the ways white supremacy and heteropatriarchy have dominated college level math and share ideas for disrupting it. They also talk about the TIPS [Transformational Inclusion in Postsecondary Education] project, funded by an NSF HSI grant an...2023-09-171h 14
Top of the PileFinance 101 for Young Professionals (+ tips for parents!) | Guest: Ann Garcia, CFP and AuthorYour credit score is your adult GPA!In part two of my conversation with Ann Garcia, Certified Financial Planner, we focus on helping young professionals understand some simple ways to set themselves up for financial success. Ann shares many easy steps to make the most out of the money you're making today while also beginning to build a safety net for the many expenses at different stages of our lives. Topics covered include understanding your credit score, managing credit cards, taking advantage of 401K and other investments, setting a budget, and more!Th...2023-09-1517 minTop of the PileHow to Pay for College - a conversation with Ann Garcia, CFP and AuthorWant to balance living your best life today and financial security tomorrow?Check out my conversation with Ann Garcia, also known as The College Financial Lady to find out how it is possible. Ann is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, a financial advisory firm based in Portland, Oregon. Ann got her nickname of The College Financial Lady by specializing in college financial planning - she’s helped thousands of families save a ton of money on college. Ann has been featured in the New York Times, US News & Worl...2023-09-1039 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Anti-Blackness at HSIsIn the first episode of season 3 of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? I talk to Dr. Whitney Pirtle, Associate Professor of Sociology and McArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of California, Merced, where she also directs the Sociology of Health and Equity (SHE) Lab. As a formative critical race scholar, her research explores issues relating to race, identity, inequality, health equity, and Black feminist praxis. Her latest work includes writing on Covid-19 pandemic inequities and institutional anti-Blackness. In this episode we talk about her experiences as 1 of 5 Black tenure track faculty members at an HSI an...2023-09-101h 05
Joyful Courage for Parenting TeensCollege financial planning with Ann GarciaMy guest today is Ann Garcia, and this episode is full of resources & advice you can use right now. Ann is an expert on paying for college and has two kids in college right now, so she really gets it. Ann starts with an explanation of why some college educations are so expensive, what other options are available, and why you need to define your budget for college. Ann shares tips for staying focused on goals & how to talk to your teen about college. Ann tells me when it could be right to take stud...2023-06-1951 minJoyful Courage for Parenting TeensCollege financial planning with Ann GarciaMy guest today is Ann Garcia, and this episode is full of resources & advice you can use right now. Ann is an expert on paying for college and has two kids in college right now, so she really gets it. Ann starts with an explanation of why some college educations are so expensive, what other options are available, and why you need to define your budget for college. Ann shares tips for staying focused on goals & how to talk to your teen about college. Ann tells me when it could be right to take stud...2023-06-1951 minWomen's Money WisdomEpisode 170: The Case for 529 Plans for College Savings with Ann GarciaIn this episode Melissa Joy, CFP, ® and Ann Garcia, CFP®, a financial advisor and author of the popular College Financial Lady blog, discuss why a 529 plan is a great vehicle for college savings. They cover everything from asset weighting on the FAFSA form, flexibility on what colleges your child can attend, and how they help maximize tax savings. Did you know if your 529 is overfunded because your student got a scholarship, you don’t pay the penalty on withdrawals of the amount that is overfunded due to the scholarship, only taxes on the gain? If you have a chi...2023-05-3029 min
Mom Inspired Show with Amber SandbergWhy is it so difficult to plan for college? Ann Garcia: 340Do you feel like you can afford college for your kids?
Today we have Ann Garcia aka The College Financial Lady who has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. Ann who is a financial planner and a mom of twins who she sent to college is going to talk to us about education planning. She shares with us how to best find college scholarships, how to figure out college finances, and avoiding debt. Ann also discusses what it's like to talk to your teens about good college choices and finding colleges that fits your teens needs. He...2023-05-2356 min
Bogleheads® LiveHow to Pay for College with Ann GarciaAnn Garcia - author of "How to Pay for College: A complete financial plan for funding your child's education" - answers questions.Ann is a fee-only fiduciary advisor and partner at Independent Progressive Advisors, and go-to expert on paying for college. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed "How to Pay for College" and a sought-after media guest who's been quoted in the New York Times, the Oregonian, and U.S. News and World Report, to name a few. Ann recently launched an interactive online course to help parents (and their advisors) affordably build saving f...2023-04-1044 min
Get Your FILL, Financial Independence and Long LifeSend the Kids to College Debt FREE with Ann Garcia!Planning for college isn’t impossible— and it is important! Ann Garcia has made it her goal to share her knowledge on the topic with as many people as possible.
Ann Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. Her book How to Pay for College offers a step-by-step process to get a great college education at a price that works for your family.
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Like you, I’m a parent. I have twins who are attendin...2023-04-1042 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Poderosa Leading a Hispanic Serving Community College (HSCC)In this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we learn with Dra. Angélica Garcia who serves as president of Berkeley City College (BCC), a Hispanic-serving community college in California. Dr. Garcia is passionate about issues of access, equity, and student success in higher education. For nearly two decades, her professional experiences have included teaching and administrative roles in non-profit organizations, secondary education, and higher education. She believes that community colleges serve as pathways to liberation for historically minoritized communities and promotes this in institutional reform efforts. Come learn with this poderosa on how to lead HSIs through an anti-racist len...2023-03-191h 13
Your Career GPSEp. 82 Cash For The Road II: Funding Your Education (Special Guest Ann Garcia)In this fantastic episode Brad invites Ann Garcia onto the podcast and they talk Money! More importantly, why money is such a problematic issue for so many young people to pay for their education and some great ways to make better decisions. Key highlights from this episode include:
Paying for College/Higher Education is concern for so many, Ann breaks down what would be some of the biggest misconceptions about how to pay for college/higher education
Ann discusses the FAFSA, what it means and what it can provide young people in terms of options
She talks about wh...2023-03-0836 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Learning from a Veterano: Title V Grant Directorship & SuccessThe most downloaded episode of season 1 was “HSI Grant Directorship & Implementation.” In this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we return to this important conversation with Victor Davila, Executive Director of Retention and Student Success at Lamar University and old school veterano to HSI grant directorship. Victor has worked in higher education for over 18 years at public institutions in Texas serving as a Primary Investigator, Project Director, and Project Coordinator at three HSIs. He has secured over 9 million dollars in grant funded programs and has a wealth of knowledge around Title V, Part A and Part B as well as Title...2023-02-261h 23
Off The WallHow to Save for Your Child’s College Without Sacrificing Your Retirement | Ann Garcia, The College Financial Lady Want to support your child’s education, but don’t know where to start? Worried that contributing to your child’s college fund may impact building your retirement account? Saving for college can be nerve-wracking, but we promise this episode will make it less scary and more empowering. In this episode of Off the Wall, hosts David Armstrong and Jessica Gibbs welcome Ann Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady. Ann is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Managing Partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, and a mother of twin college students. As The College Financial Lady, Ann has helped thousands of student...2023-02-2132 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Enacting STEM ServingnessWe turn the focus to STEM in this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? Our guest, Dr. Paloma Vargas, the Dean of Math, Science, Health, Kinesiology, & Athletics, Oxnard College, talks about her journey into STEM servingness, starting with her undergraduate experiences in biology and two historic HSIs, University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College (HSIs). Dr. Vargas has served as a biology faculty member, researcher, HSI Director, Science Coordinator, and STEM Advisor at multiple private and public HSIs, all informing her STEM servingness consciousness. In this episode we discuss the intricacies of being a good teacher, me...2023-02-191h 12
HealthCare UnToldAlbino Garcia Jr., Executive Director of La Plazita Institute, Albquerque, New MexicoAlbino Garcia Jr. is the Founder of La Plazita Institute, a grass-roots community organization in Albuquerque, NM that engages young people and their families in a comprehensive, holistic approach to youth and community development. A major focus of La Plazita is to help prevent recidivism amongst formerly incarcerated youth and adults. Garcia was born in Illinois and grew up near Chicago. As a young man, he struggled to relate to the cultural values and approaches of public school and other institutions, but today he draws on a wealth of street knowledge and experience to effectively work with y...2023-02-0229 min
The Long ViewAnn Garcia: How to Pay for CollegeOur guest on the podcast today is Ann Garcia. She is a certified financial planner and the author of the book How to Pay for College. Garcia is the managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor in Portland, Oregon, and she’s also the author of The College Financial Lady blog. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.BackgroundBioHow to Pay for College, by Ann GarciaThe College Financial Lady blogCollege/Rankings“The Big 6 for Well-B...2023-01-2458 min
The Student Loan Podcast85. Ann Garcia | How to Pay for CollegeAnn Garcia (@anngarciacfp), author of the book How to Pay for College, joins The Student Loan Podcast to share how parents and students can prepare financially to pay for college. Ann Garcia has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives. Topics covered in today's episode with Ann include: Which colleges to choose based on your budget; Finding addi...2023-01-1151 min
The Gen X Money AdvisorBuilding A Financial Plan For College Tuition with Ann Garcia (Ep.21)With rising costs for future education, preparing for college tuition is a concern for many parents. How can they build an abundant and secure financial plan for their childrens education?
In this episode, Micheal Labos speaks with Ann Garcia, CFP and Owner of Independent Progressive Advisors, on the cost of college and creating a budget to include personal contributions, scholarships and government funded financial aid for your childs future education.
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When should parents start thinking about college tuition costs
How the 529 works with contributions and withdrawls
Why a college budget is important...2023-01-0342 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?Leading and Enacting Servingness con CariñoAs we continue down our journey to learn about servingness, this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? features Dra. Marla Franco who is the inaugural Assistant Vice Provost for HSI Initiatives at the University of Arizona. She shares insight into the intentional ways she implements servingness con cariño and offers best practices. She shares details about the HSI Fellows Program, which has not only become a vehicle for advancing servingnesss on campus, but also serves as a retention tool for faculty and staff on campus. She also talks about the AZ HSI Consortium and the importance of having a col...2022-11-061h 11
The Midlife Makeover Show - Empty Nest, Divorce, Health, Career, Self-Care, Empowered Women, Spiritual Growth, Mindset, Stress Management, Aging, Weight Loss, Menopause, Motivation, Life After 40026 LIVE! 🎓Stressed About Paying for College? Learn How to Pay for College and Not Wreck Your Retirement! With Ann Garcia!There are three things that many of us midlifers have in common!
1) we have children
2) we have children going to college
3) we will someday retire!
The key is to balance paying for our childrens’ college without wrecking our retirement! After all, we have worked so hard in our first half of life, we deserve to enjoy our second half of life!
Today on The Midlife Makeover Show LIVE on Instagram with Ann Garcia, the College Financial Lady, we talked about college scholarships, financial aid, student loans, and how to pay...2022-09-1928 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?HSI Grant Directorship & ImplementationIn this episode of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? we focus on an essential structure for serving, HSI grant implementation. Many HSIs start their HSI journey by applying for and launching a Title III or Title V HSI grant. This episode’s guest, Dr. Lisa Petrov, serves as the Project Director of a Title V grant called “Strengthening Advising, Teacher Education, and Our HSI Identity” which is in its final year of implementation at Dominican University. Lisa offers a wealth of knowledge about project directorship and offers insight into the challenges and successes of implementing servingness in practice. Dr. Petrov is also an...2022-09-181h 12Women's Money WisdomEpisode 132: Paying for College with Ann GarciaIn this episode Melissa Joy, CFP, ® and Ann Garcia, CFP®, a financial advisor and author of the popular College Financial Lady blog, discuss the FAFSA form and strategies to maximize financial aid and merit scholarships, find out how to qualify for tax credits and other benefits. If you have a student applying for college this is a must listen episode to help plan financially.You will learn: What is considered a parent asset on the FAFSA?How is the EFC formula calculated? Why the Net Price Calculator on every college website can help you...2022-09-0638 min¿Qué pasa, HSIs?¿Qué pasa, HSIs? TrailerIn this short trailer, Dr. Gina Garcia describes the HSI designation as a federal construct, outlines the requirements for becoming federally designated, and challenges the audience to rethink what it actually means to be Hispanic-serving. The purpose of this podcast, ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? is to grapple with this question. With each episode, guests will grapple with topics about servingness, emerging from their research with HSIs and their practice within HSIs. What you will find is that there is no one answer to the servingness question. Join us weekly as we dive into the history and evolution of HSIs, culturally rel...2022-09-0304 min
Grow Your Business and Grow Your WealthAnn Garcia, Managing partner – Independent Progressive AdvisorsShow Notes - The Grow Your Business and Grow Your Wealth podcast with Gary Heldt - EP 104 Ann Garcia, Managing partner – Independent Progressive Advisors Ann Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady, has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. A fee-only Certified Financial PlannerⓇ and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives. Her book How to Pay for College is set to release this summer...2022-08-1040 min
Financial Survival NetworkYou Need Ann Garcia if Your Children are Going to College - Ann Garcia #5556Summary: Student debt is higher than ever. Many young adults applying for universities, scholarships, and student loans don’t always know what they’re getting into in terms of financial commitment. Here to talk about this is Ann Garcia, who recently wrote a book called How to Pay for College. Ann stresses that a great education can come from universities that aren’t as costly or exclusive, and we discuss multiple tips for saving money when preparing to apply for college. Tune in for more amazing insight from Ann, and be sure to check out the links below if you want t...2022-07-1324 minKerry Lutz's--Financial Survival NetworkYou Need Ann Garcia if Your Children are Going to College - Ann Garcia #5556Summary: Student debt is higher than ever. Many young adults applying for universities, scholarships, and student loans don’t always know what they’re getting into in terms of financial commitment. Here to talk about this is Ann Garcia, who recently wrote a book called How to Pay for College. Ann stresses that a great education can come from universities that aren’t as costly or exclusive, and we discuss multiple tips for saving money when preparing to apply for college. Tune in for more amazing insight from Ann, and be sure to check out the links below if you want t...2022-07-1324 min
MAKING THE MOST OF TIMEAnn Garcia, CFP® - Choosing a College and How to Pay for It
Ann Garcia is the owner of Independent Progressive Advisors, author of The College Financial Lady blog, and author of How to Pay for College.
Ann discusses how to choose a college, how much aid you might expect from different colleges, and strategies about how to use 529 plans. She even shares how her family approached college tours, choosing where to apply, and how to pay for college for her two children.
I appreciated Ann’s insights and strategies about how to approach the entire college process from start to finish. It’s a complicated system with hard...2022-06-2157 min
The Money Mindset Podcast#68 How to Pay For CollegeHave you figured out how you’re going to pay for college? Or are you a parent with your own student loans wondering how you’re going to pay for both? Questioning if you should be saving for retirement or college first?
There are so many questions when it comes to preparing for college. Wondering what college is best for the student, what financial aid they will have access to and what to do if the family finds themselves paying for a parent loan they weren’t aware of.
Listen in as Ann answers some of you...2022-06-2147 min