teach at a Hispanic Serving Institution where more than half of the students are first-generation college students. Most are also working-class, living at home and paying a portion of the family’s bills. Many aspire to take care of their parents and grandparents, and to provide for a family of their own in the next ten years. So, they work part- or full-time while taking as many credits as the university will allow. Some of these young people daydream about extreme wealth – Versace driveways and golden toilets – but the majority just want enough money for money not to be an issue. My students’ ideas about money were inherited from their parents, many of whom
