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Katta teaches peers about budgeting, investing

Menaj Katta (left) interacts with participants during his financial literacy workshop at the Hopkinton Public Library last week. PHOTO/COURTESY MENAJ KATTA

On a mission to spread financial literacy to his peers, Hopkinton resident Menaj Katta recently hosted a financial education workshop for teens at the Hopkinton Public Library.

The workshop was held last Thursday and was designed to cover the basics of budgeting and finance, Katta explained. He had a financial professional join for the a portion of the three-hour workshop to talk about his career and tips for youth on how to manage their money.

Part of the event focused on what Katta described as “sustainable investing,” an area of finance he noted he was passionate about. According to the Harvard Business School, sustainable investing targets investments with long-term environmental or social value.

A rising junior at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Katta ran his workshop through the EdConnect Foundation, a nonprofit he started to promote financial education. He previously had been producing podcasts through the foundation and received “a lot of viewers and a lot of interest,” he said. Building on that, he decided to start teaching workshops.

Katta stated that he first became interested in finance after interning for the town’s senior accounting manager, Cindy Johnston.

Last week’s workshop saw participation from 15 kids in Grades 6-10. Katta is hoping to continue building on that success as he plans to run another workshop sometime in August.

Helping his peers learn how to manage and understand their finances is a cause that is important to Katta. He shared that, in his experience, youth are not given enough of a financial literacy education as part of their school curriculum.

“Teens should be equipped to properly budget their money,” he said.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Town meetings tonight include the Board of Appeals (7) and Cultural Council (7).

Photo of the Day

Members of the Hopkinton-led student organization Advocacy for the Unhoused (HAU) volunteer in the kitchen of Rosie’s Place, a women’s shelter and community center in Boston, on June 30. HAU president/founder Madhav Saxena reports that the group also raised $3,352 in supplies via community fundraising. “My favorite part was watching the volunteers realize the true impact of what we do whether they were dropping off supplies at real shelters or serving food to unhoused women at Rosie’s Place,” Saxena shared.