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Inspiring Financial Literacy And Career Skills Empowering underserved youth to successfully enter the workforce through financial literacy career and internship preparation. ABOUT Believe and Inspire is a 501c3 nonprofit that connects underserved youths ages 1521 with the tools and support they need to prepare for the workforce and become selfsufficient. Since its early days in 2014 the nonprofit has conducted expertled workshops in Queens New York advising youth on topics like financial literacy job searching and college applications. Initially starting with a small cohort of community workshops growing demand across the city led Believe and Inspire to formalize their programming in 2018 with consistent longterm offerings and enrollment 3 times per year.