We’re back from Spring Break and we hope you had some time to rest! Financial Literacy Month is here and our ‘Money Masterclass’ series of well-sought after financial educators and professionals are going to make you want to share them with all of your friends! This series opens with Patricia Kelly, University of California, Santa Cruz Lecturer, Speaker, and Financial Literacy Advocate, who is also the mastermind behind the popular course, COWL52 Personal Finance and Investing that is now available throughout the University of California system. From initially 30 students to now over 1,000 students enrolled, this former Wall Street Analyst shares the five pillars of finance and offers great tips from her course on how to start implementing them in your financial plan today. Don’t miss the free financial templates and resources she offers as well. Ms. Kelly completed her MBA at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics at University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2019, prior to the pandemic, she received a grant from the Office of the President of the University of California to produce an online version for UC Systemwide. The course now reaches 1,000 students per term throughout the UC System. Ms. Kelly's professional career was spent in the financial industry, beginning as an investment banking analyst on Wall Street in the 1980s, to a partnership at a Palo Alto-based investment management firm responsible for managing $2.5 billion for institutional clients, including the Vanguard Equity Income Fund. She was a past President of the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California and is on the Harvard Business School Alumni Board. She also serves on the investment committee of the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. To learn more about Ms. Kelly and her work, visit her website at PatKelly.Sites.UCSC.edu or connect with her on LinkedIn.