Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
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Rising to the Challenge

The Aspen Challenge asks students to design solutions to the problems within their own communities. Below, three participants from MoneyLYFE, one of the 2016 winning teams, and the man who issued their challenge, share their stories of how they improved financial literacy in their community—and took a trip to Aspen along the way.