Ms. Kava J. Beckford 

The Founder of Fintech Academy is a proud graduate of University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Education. Her extensive experience with the Miami-Dade Department of Juvenile Justice has led her to her life’s passion of leading and guiding at-risk Youth from the Juvenile Court system to the classroom. After a plethora of encounters in working with youth, Ms. Beckford began to gain a greater thirst of knowledge by creating her own tutoring business for students in grades K-8th. 

Ms. Beckford’s creative financial abilities and talented teaching skills afforded her an opportunity for to manage her own financial business and become a Florida certified instructor for Elementary school-aged students with Broward County Public Schools. 
 
Ms. Kava J. Beckford’s career with the Public School system was short lived after discovering her ultimate path of creating her own educational opportunity of lifetime by teaching youth in grades K-2nd beyond the foundational curriculum of basic knowledge skills and incorporating Financial Literacy at Fintech Academy.