{"id":1576,"date":"2025-06-03T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:49:27","slug":"grismeldys-beato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/2025\/06\/03\/grismeldys-beato\/","title":{"rendered":"Grismeldys Beato Tells Us What She Learned as Our Graduate Program Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1477\" height=\"738\" data-id=\"1577\" src=\"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-11.47.01\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"Grismeldys Beato Blog Post Logo\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-11.47.01\u202fAM.png 1477w, https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-11.47.01\u202fAM-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By: Grismeldys Beato, <em>G\u201925, Newhouse | \u201823, Whitman &amp; iSchool<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my time as a Graduate Program Assistant at Syracuse University\u2019s Office of Financial Literacy comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on an incredibly rewarding and transformative experience. Working alongside a passionate and supportive team, I had the opportunity to not only grow professionally but also personally, developing skills that I know will carry me far beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I first joined the Office of Financial Literacy, I was eager to apply what I had learned in my academic studies to a real-world setting. What I didn&#8217;t expect was how much I would gain from the students, colleagues, and mission of the office itself. Our work of empowering students to understand better budgeting, financial planning, saving, credit management, and overall financial wellness directly impacts the daily lives of so many students. Being a part of that change has been deeply meaningful to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout my time here, I was able to contribute to various campaigns, workshops, and one-on-one coaching sessions. From creating financial literacy content for our social media platforms to helping head initiatives like budgeting workshops and financial wellness events, each project taught me the importance of making financial education approachable, relatable, and impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grismeldys\u2019 Best Tips:<\/strong> <em>Create Weekly Budgets, Use Free Financial Tools, Build an Emergency Fund, Understand Credit Early, Know Your Wants vs. Needs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Grismeldys Beato, G\u201925, Newhouse | \u201823, Whitman &amp; iSchool As my time as a Graduate Program Assistant at Syracuse University\u2019s Office of Financial Literacy comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on an incredibly rewarding and transformative experience. Working alongside a passionate and supportive team, I had the opportunity to not only grow&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-literacy-blog-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialaid.syr.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}