My name is Vivian Zhong and I am a junior at Hopkins School, New Haven. From a young age, I
was taught all about finance and started investing in the stock market. In high school, I started
learning economic principles and competed in the NEC. I founded FinTech to inspire young students and
help them build their own interest in finance.
My name is Andie Hendley, and I am currently a junior at Hopkins School in New Haven. I
first became
interested in coding while using websites like Scratch and continued to grow this interest on the
robotics team. By learning how to code through various classes and hands-on experience coding a robot, my
passion for coding continues to grow, and is something I hope to share with others.
Our Story
From Viv
In the summer of 2024, I traveled to
China to teach the first class of our financial literacy
program to a group of underserved students and I saw firsthand how important learning finance is from a young
age. During the next school year, I founded the FinTech Initiative with our goal to
continue teaching financial literacy to make this impact in my own community. I asked Andie if
she wanted to help me create a program in New Haven. She agreed and brought the idea of including digital literacy
as the two are becoming more and more intertwined. Together, we built our organization to reach as many schools as we can.
Students from elementary and middle schools all around
New Haven and Conneticut
Teach classes in finance (investing, budgeting, basic
concepts), coding (principles, typed-out coding languages), and business (entrepreneurial skills, inner workings)
To equip children with life-essential skills from a
young age to prepare them for their future in an evolving world
