Financial Literacy University

Jasmine S. Young is the founder & CEO of Southern Tax Preparation & Services, LLC, an accounting firm she established in 2014 in efforts to spread financial literacy around the globe. A certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner, she has over 5 years of experience providing clients, both individuals and businesses, with tax, bookkeeping, financial consulting, and various other accounting solutions. Jasmine also has almost 10 years of experience in government accounting having served as an auditor for three different government agencies. On top of providing accounting solutions and teaching financial literacy, Jasmine is also a philanthropist starting her own scholarship, The Maggie & Gillis Dickinson Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to Alabama residents who are high school seniors with aspirations to major in a business-related field and to undergraduate or graduate students majoring in a business-related field. Applicants must write a compelling essay explaining how they plan to use their major and make a difference in his/her community as Jasmine is currently doing. The scholarship is awarded per semester.