U.S. Treasurer to visit Spanish-language financial course

U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marín, the highest-ranking Latina in the Bush administration, will visit Ohio State University Extension’s Spanish-language financial literacy course in the Columbus suburb of Gahanna.

The class will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday (6/23) at Shepherd Church of the Nazarene, 425 S. Hamilton Road. Marín will attend the class from 7 to 8 p.m.

The four-session, four-week Latino Financial Literacy Program was first offered in 2002 to help central Ohio’s growing Hispanic population become more educated about personal finance. In the program’s pilot year, more than 225 individuals from 12 Latin American countries attended at least one of the classes, and 53 percent of them completed the course and graduated.

Developed by course instructor Rubén Nieto, Latino outreach program manager with OSU Extension in Franklin County, the course curriculum covers budgeting, setting financial goals, establishing and maintaining good credit, and gaining access to financial products and services. Classes are offered from February through December and hosted by area churches and community organizations. Early this year, the course received certificates of recognition from the Columbus City Council and Ohio Gov. Bob Taft.

Ohio State Extension is the outreach arm of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

WHAT: U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marín, the highest-ranking Latina in the Bush administration, will visit a financial literacy course offered by Ohio State Extension.

WHEN: Class: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday (6/23)
Marín will attend the class from 7 to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Shepherd Church of the Nazarene, 425 S. Hamilton Road

WHY: To learn more about a program designed to improve the financial skills of Spanish-speaking central Ohioans.