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Closing the Wealth Gap through Financial Education and Gainful Career Opportunities Our Why Closing the Wealth Gap through Financial Education and Gainful Career Opportunities The Problem Our Mission Wall Street Connection is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to closing the wealth gap through financial education. We provide underserved students with handson learning mentorship and exposure to financial services careers like investment banking venture capital and private equity. Through programs like the Young Financial Leaders Expo students gain handson experience analyzing and pitching publicly traded companies and win real money to invest through their first Individual Retirement Accounts IRAs Mentorship We provide mentorship with a focus on college preparation and exploring investment banking private equity public equity investing and other financial services career pathways. Raise Awareness We provide access to partner organizations that provide preparatory programs for college applications and highly competitive career pathways such as investment banking private equity public equity investing and other financial services.