How To Put Your Money To Work For Those In Need

Dear Liz,

Hi! So, I’m in a fun little pickle?

I grew up poor. Unstable housing, charity Christmases, food pantry grocery shopping, the whole nine yards. I managed to get into college and cover it with student loans, but I graduated into the Great Recession and never found a real adult job that paid adult money until I hit my thirties. All of sudden, I’m doing better than anyone in my family has ever done. But I don’t know the first thing about handling money. One of the downsides of growing up without any is nobody teaches you that. We lived hand to mouth, so there was no such thing as savings, or a nest-egg, or anything that required a disposable income.