My name is Lauren McCammon and I am the new Program and Volunteer Coordinator for Financial Beginnings and Operation HOPE.  It is with great pleasure that I am able to help educate the youth regarding the importance of managing their money, so that they can make informed financial decisions. So often we find ourselves wondering why we were never able to save as much as we expected, why we spent more than we budgeted for, and why finances seem much more difficult than we ever imagined. My mission is to stop this vicious circle; to empower the youth into realizing their full financial potential and to help them not make the same mistakes that many others did before them. Education is power and it is time we put that power to good use.

I have been working with the youth for quite some time now. I worked as a gymnastics instructor and office manager at Naydenov Gymnastics for over five years, where I managed all aspects of the office as well as the activities in the gym.  I have been a nanny for over nine years, six years with the family that I currently still work with and I am also a personal assistant for that family.  I am a fitness model for various sports apparel companies, as well.  I also happen to be a student who is working to finish a degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance, from Washington State University Vancouver, and my expected graduation date is May of 2012.

My diverse background has really helped to prepare me to fulfill my mission of educating the youth regarding the importance of managing their money. Financial freedom is possible and through Financial Beginnings and Operation HOPE I know that we can empower, motivated, educate, and inspire others into creating a successful financial future.