Overcoming financial challenges and achieving financial stability is what the NFCC Brighter Financial Future Award is all about. Teresita Manrique, working with NFCC member Consumer Education Services, Inc. (CESI) managed that and more to become the 2019 winner of the award. Originally from Venezuel...

Here we are, just a couple of months from what might be the most expensive time of the year for families: the holidays. The average American spends more than $1,000 on the winter holidays, according to the National Retail Federation. And many spend more, racking up debt that they have a difficult ti...

Greg Smalls, Director of Housing Development at CESI is passionate about helping individuals and families realize their dream of homeownership. He works tirelessly to help families accomplish that goal. For this reason, Smalls was awarded the NFCC 2019 Outstanding Advocate Award at NFCC Connect, the...