A symposium presentation submitted by Miguel Quiñones, graduate student in the Family Social Science PhD program, has been selected as the 2023 Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education® Outstanding Symposium Putting It into Practice: Innovation, Updates, and Ideas Award Winner by the AFCPE^® Symposium Task Force and reviewers.

He will lead a symposium session on “What Is ‘Culturally Relevant’ Financial Education, Really? Bridging Theory and Practice” at the 2023 AFCPE annual symposium in New Orleans in November. His research explores Latino family well-being and how Latino families’ socioeconomic situation affect their financial practices.

He has presented several webinars for UMN Extension on “Tandas”, an informal financial practice that addresses the social, cultural, and economic needs of Mexican American families.

Quiñones also collaborated last spring with Joyce Serido, FSoS professor and extension specialist, to create a new Family Social Science undergraduate course that explored the core concepts of financial decision-making for contemporary college students, taking into account their diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and financial goals. It was a pilot for an approved course in the FSOS minor in Family Financial Studies.

He was honored with a CEHD Outstanding Student Employee Award in April for his “exceptional service contributions to the CEHD, the University community, and the surrounding community.”

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The Department of Family Social Science will hold three information sessions about graduate programs, Tuesdays, September 26, October 10, and October 31, all 9 – 10 a.m. CST. Register for one or more of the sessions at this Google form.