Most people learn about credit scores the hard way, after the damage is done. Most learn about investing too late for compound interest to do its real work. EmpowerEd exists to change when that learning happens. I'm Stephen Yancey, a student founder from Boston, and I built EmpowerEd because too many people my age head into adulthood with no idea how money actually works. Not because they aren't smart, but because nobody taught them.
So we built the education ourselves. StackUp turns financial literacy into a game teens actually want to play, and our lessons cover budgeting, credit, saving, and investing in language built for ages 13 to 25. The platform is live, the work has earned back-to-back NAACP ACT-SO Boston Gold Medals in Entrepreneurship and a 2nd place finish at the Citizens Bank Power Pitch, and demand is growing faster than a self-funded student project can keep up with. That's where you come in.
