Meet the Founders

Savanha Brubaker

Savanha Brubaker is a portfolio manager with decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur. At Paragon Strategies, she oversees a diverse portfolio that includes real estate, property management, angel investments, and operating companies.

As co-founder of Moneyling, Savanha brings the financial and business expertise that underpins the program. She focuses on bridging finance, education, and innovation to make financial literacy accessible and actionable—particularly for underserved communities.

Passionate about creating meaningful societal impact, she combines her background in finance and strategic investments with a philanthropic capitalist mindset to build programs that empower communities.

Jennifer Degenhardt

Jennifer Degenhardt is a Spanish teacher, author, and curriculum developer with more than 30 years of classroom experience. She is best known for her comprehensible novels that make language learning engaging and accessible for students.

As co-Founder of Moneyling, Jennifer has expanded her expertise into financial literacy, creating multiple books and countless vignettes that form the foundation of the Moneyling curriculum. She oversees the relatability and student-centered approach across all program content, ensuring financial concepts are presented in easy-to-understand ways that connect with students’ real lives and spark meaningful conversations.

Passionate about storytelling as a tool for learning, Jennifer combines her decades of classroom experience with her writing to make financial education accessible, engaging, and impactful. Her additional novels and resources can be found at www.puenteslanguage.com and https://lms.moneyling.org

Winning Team

Moneyling's duo is your perfect liaison between the worlds of education and finance

What sets Moneyling apart is the unmatched combination of expertise brought by its co-founders. Financial institutions and educational systems often operate in vastly different ways—with unique priorities, structures, and cultures.

Moneyling succeeds because of the distinct yet complementary strengths of its founders. Savanha Brubaker’s financial knowledge, strategic mindset, and entrepreneurial experience meet Jennifer Degenhardt’s extensive background in education, curriculum development, and storytelling.

This rare blend of business acumen and educational expertise allows us to design a program that bridges both worlds seamlessly—ensuring the financial literacy we deliver is not only accurate and practical but also engaging and meaningful for students, teachers, and families.

The program doesn’t just teach financial concepts; it translates them into relatable, actionable knowledge that resonates with learners of all ages. At Moneyling, we build partnerships between schools and financial institutions to empower communities, closing the wealth gap through education and access.

Contact Us

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Our Mission and Purpose

Our Mission

At Moneyling, our mission is to help close the wealth gap by providing comprehensive and accessible financial education to schools and communities. Our solution delivers integrated, multidisciplinary financial literacy programs from 6th-grade through high school. We provide students with essential financial knowledge, support educators with expertly designed curricula, and foster community engagement through partnerships with financial institutions to empower all involved. We aim to create a financially literate generation capable of making informed decisions, building wealth, and achieving financial security, thereby contributing to a more equitable and prosperous society.

The Growing Problem

The world of money is changing. The workplace is different, and it has become more challenging to save for retirement. Additionally, medical bills and others have become increasingly more costly, and many people are not familiar with how to use helpful tools designed to help the consumer, such as Healthcare Savings Account (HSA).

The wealth gap is widening rapidly due to economic changes:

Job Trends: Decline in employer pensions; rise in gig work and self-employment.
Retirement Planning: Less support from employers; more onus on individuals.
Medical Expenses: Medical expenses are a large contibuitor to the burden on individuals. Programs like the Health Care Savings Accounts (HSA) are invaluable to reducing those burdens.
Financial Illiteracy: More than in any other generation, consumers are unaware of essential financial tools and strategies, perhaps fueled by how younger generations consume information and the inaccuracies of that information delivered on social media platforms.
Urgency: Immediate action is needed as a delay further widens the gap and leaving more people financially under prepared.

Educating the next generation in financial literacy can bridge this gap, helping individuals build wealth and secure their futures.

Our Goals & Measurements

Monitor the Impact on Wealth Distribution

Objective: Use FRED data to monitor changes in the wealth distribution among different percentiles over time, assessing the impact of the Moneyling program on narrowing the wealth gap.

Measurement:

Wealth Data Analysis: Conduct regular analysis of FRED data on assets owned by percentiles of wealth. Track changes in the distribution of assets among the percentiles.
Comparison Over Time: Compare the wealth distribution data at the start of the Moneyling program with subsequent data to identify trends and changes.
Impact Assessment: Correlate the timing of program implementation in various regions with changes in wealth distribution data to assess the program's effectiveness in reducing the wealth gap.

Increase Program Reach

Objective: Deploy the Moneyling's Week of Financial Literacy program to 20% of all US public 8th-12 grade schools by end of 2026, with the commitment of continuous yearly deployment of the program.

Measurement: Track the number of schools and students enrolled in the program and compare it to national enrollment statistics to ensure targets are met. Other measurements include utilization of high school financial literacy standards.

Improve State Financial Literacy Grades

Objective: Strive to improve the financial literacy grades of states we serve based on the Center for Financial Literacy 2023 National Report Card.

Measurement: Monitor and analyze the state financial literacy study located at https://financialliteracy.champlain.edu/report-cards/2023-national-report-card-on-high-school-financial-literacy/ before and after implementing the program. Collect feedback from participating schools to assess improvements in future study updates.

Gain Insights on Financial Literacy Practices

Objective: Gather insights on the actions taken by teachers, students, parents, and administrators to implement financial literacy practices learned through the Moneyling program, ensuring progress toward our mission of closing the wealth gap.