New Mexico State University’s Nusenda Center for Financial Capability and Doña Ana Community College’s Financial Wellness Program is inviting the community to the Financial Wellness Fair April 5-6.  

The two-day event will kick off at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, on the first floor of Corbett Center Student Union, through 3 p.m. DACC will host its fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Common Area of the Student Resources Building (DASR) East Mesa Campus.  

Multiple businesses involved in financial services – banks, credit unions, investment firms and debt management companies – will be in attendance at the fair. These organizations will provide resources related to financial literacy such as information about identity theft; credit score and reports; responsible use of credit cards; student financial aid; and investments.  

Members of the Financial Wellness Fair Planning team said the goal is to educate students about student loans, identity theft, managing debt, free annual credit reports, FICO score interpretation, and other valuable financial information.  

“Being financially literate is an important part of life. We want students to be truly interested in learning about making good choices with their money that will impact them now and into their future,” said Brad Mazdra, director of academic advising at DACC.  

American Document Services will also provide free document shredding both days at NMSU and DACC to help cover students, faculty and staff reduce their risk of identity theft. People are encouraged to bring checkbooks, banking and credit card statements, and personal documents to be shredded on-site. The truck shredder accepts papers with staples and paper clips, but not large binder clips or notebooks.

For more information about the NMSU Financial Wellness Fair, contact March Salinas-Milam at salinasm@nmsu.edu. For more on the DACC Financial Wellness Fair, contact Gina Reyes at greyes@nmsu.edu.