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Kristina García

News Officer
  • klg@upenn.edu
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    • Kristina García

    Kristina Garcia covers several subject areas in the School of Arts & Sciences including Africana Studies + Penn Program on Race, Science, & Society, Romance Languages + Center for Italian Studies, South Asia Studies, the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), South Asia Center, Religious Studies, Latin American Latino Studies, the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies. She also supports coverage of the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Penn First Plus, University Life, and the Student Cultural Centers.

    Articles from Kristina García
    Closing the wealth gap in West Philadelphia
    Four adults and three high school students posed with social media frames

    Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (fourth from left) announced Penn's Netter Center for Community Partnerships will develop and implement a financial literacy program, Project Elevate, for high school students. Also at the press conference were (from left) Jill Bazelon and Ira Harkavy, of the Netter Center. Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett (not pictured) also spoke. (Image: Samantha Madera)

    Closing the wealth gap in West Philadelphia

    The City of Philadelphia and Actions Not Words have selected Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships to develop and implement a new entrepreneurial program, Project Elevate, offering financial literacy education at public high schools.