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After 16 years working for Congress in Washington as a communications director and lobbyist for small businesses, Becky MacDicken finally realized what she wanted to be when she grew up. A chance job offer based in Pennsylvania led to the discovery of her passion for teaching financial literacy to prison inmates and the disabled community. Now, having touched over 10,000 lives with her classes, MacDicken continues to spread the good financial word all across the state. Want to find out how she does this and more? You’ll get it all on this episode of SheVentures.
Key Moments
- 06:00 — Becky MacDicken describes how she found her calling and realized what she wanted to be when she grew up only after she was almost 20 years into her career.
- 08:25 — Find out what it was that made inmates pay attention to learning about finance, and what percentage are interested in starting their own business.
- 10:21 — What barriers do inmates face when it comes to banking, and how does MacDicken teach them to overcome it?
- 13:42 — MacDicken talks about visiting the prison for the first time as a woman.
- 20:38 — Dealing with “juvenile lifers” and how to stop juvenile incarceration from happening to begin with.
- 24:03 — Discover the difference between priorities for women and those for men in prison.
- 44:34 — MacDicken poses six questions to inmates before her classes. Curious about what they are?
- 47:23 — What is a “financial reality fair” and what can it do for you? Find out here.
- 50:41 — How do you teach prison inmates to cope with the difference in the cost of living between when they were incarcerated and when they get released? MacDicken reveals all.
