Who We Are
Angela and Alina founded Money Not Magic (MNM). They are both seniors at North Allegheny School District. Together, they won first place in the Financial Literacy Project event at the 2021 PA DECA state conference. In the summer of 2020, they wrote and published a book called Growing Your Money Tree: An Introduction to Personal Finance (see more under the Growing Your Money Tree tab) which introduces personal finance to middle school and high school. They started Money Not Magic shortly after to further spread financial literacy among youth.
Team
Angela Wu
Co-Founder/Instructor
Angela helps create and present the MNM workshops and MNM TV. She won first place in the Personal Financial Literacy event at the 2020 DECA District 2 conference. Angela hopes to someday combine her passion for computer programming with her financial knowledge for her future career. For now, though, she enjoys writing and eating Ramen when she is not busy spreading financial literacy.
Alina Zaidi
Co-Founder/Instructor
Alina helps teach financial literacy through the workshops Money Not Magic hold. She focuses on the publicity and marketing aspect of MNM, as well as creating content for MNM TV and the blog. When she isn't working at MNM, Alina loves eating purple Doritos and going on hikes with her family.
Our Mission
Money Not Magic is a community project designed to educate youth about various topics in finance. Our goal is to spread financial literacy starting at a young age. Too often are young adults thrown into the adult world without knowing basics like how to open a credit card or create a budget. We aim to change that by introducing "adult"Â topics like investing and loans to middle-school and early high-school students at a kid-friendly level, incorporating games and interactive activities.
Our Story
How AÂ Defeat Turned Into AÂ Published Book And AÂ Community Project
Usually people talk about how qualified they are to teach about the subject by citing their successes. We're the exact opposite. Watch this video to learn about our story.