Smart Move: Educating Teachers On Finances

HOUSTON—Smart Financial Credit Union is urging other credit unions to join it in a program that seeks to help teachers who come to the U.S. from abroad and who are in need of financial assistance. Several representatives of Smart Financial’s business development team have just returned from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to offer financial assistance to Mexican citizens hoping to become bilingual teachers in the United States. Smart Financial’s International Teacher Program helps educators from Mexico and Spain get settled in the United States by offering up to $3,000 in Signature and/or CreditLine loans. “With the number of Texas students requiring bilingual education at an all-time high, school districts in the state continue to increase their effort.