Learning about finance and mathematically-supported investing in diverse assets is one of my hobbies. I think more women need to be encouraged to invest. I'm one of those "worried optimists" who looks up gender ratios in professions (e.g. only 3-4% of hedge fund employees are women, and women are at large underrepresented in alternative investment fields, which include hedge funds and private equity and more) frequently because I want to encourage women to become financially abundant with knowledge (knowledge = power). How can I inspire more women — especially women of color like myself — to get into financial literacy? Do you all think I should create a LinkedIn or YouTube channel? Just for reference, I'm a 19-year-old at a great university on full scholarship, and I think I've just been so incredibly lucky in the opportunities I've received (yes hard work and luck are connected since hard work prepares you to take advantage of opportunity, but this doesn't change the fact that I was lucky to be offered opportunities that others might not have been).
What I'm worried about is this: I have noticed that outside of my prestigious school's bubble, a ton of women are not financially literate. What can I do to help other women grow their wealth? Should I start a nonprofit that mentors these women one-on-one into finance-related careers? I have really been thinking about starting some women + especially marginalized women-only initiative because I want to positively educate (and in turn that educates myself too) as many women as possible with financial skills for long-term wealth creation. Lately I've been thinking I should try to do personal outreach myself and cold email many high schools across the United States so that I can speak to their students about how I want to help them become financially literate and how they can reach me one-on-one for me to help them.
I think a Youtube, possibly anonymous, is a great starting point. You have your own career and school to focus on it seems, and reaching out to schools would be a waste of your energy and resources. If you expand you may decide to start a group, on LinkedIn or Facebook, or a Tiktok making videos (I guess it's only us oldies still on LI and FB). Once you have engagement and a following you can probably get sponsorship from your local govt or companies. They love to pretend they care about issues like this.