Empowering Young Aspiring Economists ft. Armita Hosseini

Armita Hosseini is a 17 year old from Toronto, Canada. As an entrepreneur, author, and public speaker, she is an active advocate of financial and economic education for youth. In 2020, she published the book Roadmap to Financial Literacy: An Introduction to Personal Finance For Teenagers, and later partnered with the nonprofit organization operationEconomics International to donate 300 copies of her book to underserved schools in San Marcos, California. She is also the founder of EmpowerEcon, an organization which hosts virtual financial literacy camps for teens; they have organized four 3-day financial literacy (x3) and entrepreneurship (x1) camps for over 260 participants from 34 countries across 5 continents to date, and published an economics book titled Economics From a Youth's Perspective: An Introduction For Teenagers. Armita's projects have been featured on platforms such as Forbes Magazine, Next Gen Personal Finance, Get Involved Foundation, and many others. She hopes to inspire other teens to use their passions to leave a positive and lasting impact on society through education, entrepreneurship, and advocacy. In this episode, learn about Armita's objective to make economics more accessible to youth while exploring its link to political science.