We're thrilled to celebrate the outstanding educators who rose to the challenge and emerged as winners of NGPF's "Finance in 40" challenge!

Nearly 1,100 dedicated teachers demonstrated creativity, passion, and a commitment to bringing personal finance education to life in just 40 minutes during the month of April, which is nationally recognized and celebrated as Financial Literacy Month.

Of those participants, the educators below were the lucky winners of a drawing for $500 in DonorsChoose credits for their classrooms.

Congrats to our 2025 "Finance in 40" Winners:

Alli Stone, Buffalo Island Central High School (Monette, AR)

Amanda Spezzano, EDUPRIZE High School (Gilbert, AZ)

Anthony Carrion, Nowell Academy (Providence, RI)

Coach Gregory, Henry County High School (Paris, TN)

David Moriarty, Minneota Public Schools (Minneota, MN)

Diane Richards, Trumbull High School (Trumbull, CT)

Elizabeth Mosley, David W. Butler High School (Matthews, NC)

Halime Bici, Waldwick High School (Waldwick, NJ)

Jaime Trujillo, Herbert Hoover High School (Fresno, CA)

Jennifer Devine, Gaynor McCown ELS (Staten Island, NY)

Jennifer L, High School Teacher (New York)

Jessica Miller, Seckinger High School (Buford, GA)

Joseph R. Burgoyne III, Loring Nicollet Alternative School (Minneapolis, MN)

Kevin Willson, York Suburban High School (York, PA)

Melissa Gordon, Huron High School (Ann Arbor, MI)

Michael Bunch, Golden Valley High School (Castaic, CA)

Michael Kristian Erickson, Marysville Pilchuck High School (Marysville, WA)

Michelle Gosser, Thomas Nelson High School (Bardstown, KY)

Rachelle Jones, John Adams High School (South Bend, IN)

Scott Davenport, Brattleboro Area Middle School (Brattleboro, VT)

Theresa Miller, Cary-Grove High School (Cary, IL)

Willa Laskowitz, Crossroads North Middle School (Monmouth Junction, NJ)

Thank you to everyone who participated and continues to champion financial empowerment in classrooms across the country!

And special thanks to those of you who shared on social media using the hashtag #FinanceIn40. We loved seeing the classroom action.

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!