Sanika Kothari
Program Host - Youth MediaSanika is a senior at Parkland High School, with a passion to give all people the necessary financial education they need to be on the right path for financial stability in the future. She founded Money Matters to provide students with this education of financial literacy. Sanika is a Science Olympiad National Gold Medalist, co-founder of non-profit organization called Big Brainers that provides lessons for students, as well as a member of Future Business Leaders of America, Science Fair, and the Parkland Math League. Additionally, Sanika is an Indian classical dancer and pianist.
Sanika has also learned the concepts of finance and its applications through many opportunities, such as an online course to learn real-life applications from people in the field of finance and simulating and predicting behaviors in the stock market.
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Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari welcome Parkland High School junior junior Antony Tomy and Lehigh University economics professor Dr. Luis Brunstein for a conversation about taxes and their importance in society. -
Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari talk about the different types of income and employment benefits with Parkland High School freshman Shivam Patel and Daniel Banks from Silver Crest Insurance. -
Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari welcome Parkland High School student Elsa Hoderewski and Morgan Sweeney from Lechner and Stauffer for a conversation about insurance -
Jayaditya and Sanika Kothari are back as they welcome Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy Les Winston to talk about the work of the Social Secharity organization, financial literacy, and saving for college. -
Sanika Kothari, host of Teen Money Matters on WDIY, delivered a talk on the importance of proactively learning about financial literacy during the first-ever TEDxParklandHighSchool event back in March. -
Teen Money Matters returns with an episode on investments and retirement, featuring discussions on the importance of keeping a sound financial future with Demi Olatilo, and the trends and dangers of investing with Lehigh University’s Dr. Richard Kish. -
Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari discuss the importance of managing interest and debt - and their impact on one's future success - with fellow teen Eshaan Patel and QNB Bank's Alex Lipyanik. -
On the first episode of Teen Money Matters, Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari welcome fellow teen William and QNB Bank's Alex Lipyanik to talk about saving, budgeting, financial responsibility and more.
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For this week's episode of Your Financial Choices, Laurie Siebert looks at how to talk about finances with children of any age. She also speaks with the new hosts of WDIY's Teen Money Matters, Sanika and Jayaditya Kothari.
