Tell me about yourself
My name is Chisimdi and I’m in the 10th and from Nigeria. I was in 9th grade when I did FGI. My hobbies are reading and playing soccer. I currently live in Washington, DC.
How did you discover FGI?
I discovered FGI in my school when they were doing the back to school night and someone had put up a poster.
What was your favorite aspect of FGI?
My favorite part of FGI was learning how to invest because I didn’t know you could actually make money by doing this. I thought if you made money you would just save money in the bank, but learned that you can invest it in stocks, funds, and ETFs. That was very interesting to know about.
What was your biggest discovery or learning as part of FGI?
You don’t actually have to have a job in investing before doing it. I thought for investing you had to go to college and become a banker before doing so. When I learned you could invest at the age of 18 it was shocking.
How did the program change the way that you had traditionally thought about finance and investing? How did it change your habits?
The way I thought about money before starting FGI was just that you work for money and just save it. In FGI I learned that you can invest and the money will eventually make more money.
FGI is an organization supported by donors and almost all volunteers. What message would you send to those who have supported, or are considering supporting a program like this?
Thank you for teaching people my age about investing because it is going to help us a long way and graduate college. It is going to change the way people think about money and the methods of saving it.
What are your future plans, goals, or dreams?
I want to go to college and student aviation to become a pilot. When I was a kid we would always travel and from that I wanted to be able to fly a plane one day.
