LearnTheMoney founder joins Texas Financial Educators Council advisory board

Alimursal Ibrahimov, founder of LearnTheMoney, has been named to the Texas Financial Educators Council Advisory Board. The appointment puts a South Texas financial wellness educator and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi analyst in a role that could expand financial education resources and standards across Texas.

Why it matters: - Ibrahimov's appointment adds a practitioner with classroom, community, and research experience to Texas financial education efforts. - The advisory role could help expand access to financial wellness programs for individuals, schools, and local organizations across Texas. - The move also links TFEC more closely to standards-based financial education through Ibrahimov's CFEI® credentials and NFEC background.

What happened: - The Texas Financial Educators Council named Alimursal Ibrahimov, founder of LearnTheMoney, to its Advisory Board. - The announcement was released on August 7, 2026. - Ibrahimov is a community educator focused on financial wellness in South Texas. - TFEC is the Texas-level offshoot of the National Financial Educators Council.

The details: - Ibrahimov has led personal finance bootcamps and campus workshops. - He also created “Second Chance Money Skills,” a program at Nueces County Jail that prepares incarcerated women for reentry and financial rebuilding. - The program has been featured by Benzinga, KRIS 6 News, KIII-TV, and the Texas Standard. - “Second Chance Money Skills” won the “Closing the Gender Gap” category at the 2026 Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards. - Ibrahimov is a PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. - He is also completing a Master of Finance at Harvard. - He serves as a Financial Analyst II at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, where he handles budget strategy and financial reporting for multiple academic and research units. - Ibrahimov earned the CFEI® credential from the National Financial Educators Council. - Ibrahimov was recognized as a “Rising Scholar” in the G53 Financial Literacy Research Network. - He was selected to attend Stanford's Financial Literacy Research Boot Camp. - He delivered a TEDx talk on how financial literacy, behavior, and narrative shape personal finance decisions. - LearnTheMoney's motto is “Financial literacy for everyone.”

Between the lines: - TFEC appears to be pairing policy influence with a board member who has direct experience designing and delivering financial education in the community. - Ibrahimov's mix of academic training and local program work suggests TFEC may be emphasizing scalable, standards-based education rather than broad messaging alone. - Vince Shorb, CEO of the National Financial Educators Council, said Ibrahimov's work reflects practical financial education that can create meaningful impact across Texas.

What's next: - Ibrahimov will help TFEC provide resources to individual and institutional beneficiaries across Texas. - The board role is expected to support training, systems, and certified educators for local organizations. - TFEC said it looks forward to a long-term collaboration with Ibrahimov in the coming months and years. - NFEC will continue providing training, curriculum, and implementation frameworks for educators and community leaders.

The bottom line: - TFEC is bringing a community-facing financial educator onto its advisory board at a time when Texas organizations are looking for more structured, measurable financial literacy programs.