May 10th, 2025 in El Paso, TX

Consult the Youth is a one-day workshop where we equip the youth and young adults with entrepreneurial fundamentals and financial decision-making skills. This day is comprised of six takeaway sessions, each making up thirty minutes of knowledge, and thirty of practice exercise! Breakfast snacks, drinks, and lunch (Chick-fil-A) is all included along with gift giveaways, and an opportunity to buy fresh merch!

Meet the Team -

Meet the Team -

  • Maria Sotomayor

    Originally from Peru, Maria came to the states on an athletic scholarship in 2018. She completed her undergraduate and Master’s of Science in Personal Financial Planning from Texas Tech University. Residing in San Antonio currently, she serves others with wealth management, asset allocation, and planning their retirement and exit strategies.

  • Teddy Nguyen

    Teddy is the founder of Lion Lamb Money and a speaker out of Dallas, Texas! With experience as a licensed social worker, he couples those practices with personal finance. Helping young adults and families take control of their money to break free from financial stress, he focuses on emotional spending, debt payoff, and savings strategies.

  • Emmy Orioha

    Chiemezuo "Emmy" Orioha is a campus missionary with Every Nation, a husband to Kenna and father to three children. He graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Political Science and minors in Business and Sociology. After graduation, Emmy chose to forgo a career in politics to follow a calling that changed his life: campus ministry. Now based in El Paso, he serves students at UTEP, building connections and seeing the gospel change lives.

  • Quincie McFarland

    As the founder of McFarland and Associates, a business consulting firm, and the visionary for Consult the Youth Workshop, Quincie has always been an entrepreneur and speaker. One of his biggest passions is pouring back into the youth and young adults with his growing knowledge in business, finance, and entrepreneurship. Currently residing in St. Louis, Missouri, he is focused on growing the firm and pursuing his Master’s in Business with a concentration in Analytics and Global Studies from Saint Louis University.

The Takeaways

  • Entrepreneurial Mentality

    Whether a part of a team at work, self-employed. or a business owner, we should host a mindset that convinces us to always be the solution, never the problem. We discuss how to take on that way of thinking, steward it well, and then connect it to finances.

  • How to Start a Business

    Starting a business is not for everyone. As much as we want to equip others with tools to build on the right foundation, we also want to expose them to simple steps of what that looks like. We discuss healthy expectations and how to start with limited resources.

  • The Value of Money

    Within this takeaway, we deep dive into the value of money and the history of where it came from. From there, we build upon different types of money and its relationship to inflation.

  • Ways to Store Money

    It is important to save money, whether that be a little or a lot yet a little can turn into a lot. We talk about why it is important to invest in your future self. Additionally, comparing the differences between saving and investing, and their relationship to inflation.

  • Why Taxes Exist

    Taxes exist for a reason so we breakdown why they are needed and why we pay them using practicality. Answering what they are used for, how they affect business decisions, inflation, savings, and investing are all things we talk about.

  • Connecting Purpose to Profit

    This takeaway discusses how to identify purpose, for we all have different gifts, talents, and callings. Once identified, we give the blueprint for what to do with them and how to connect them to the marketplace.

Registration -- Opening Soon

The Schedule

  • 8:30 - Breakfast Snacks / Sign In / Introductions

  • 9AM - Takeaway #1 / Entrepreneurial Mentality

  • 10AM - Takeaway #2 / How to Start a Business

  • 11AM - Takeaway #3 / The Value of Money

  • 12AM - Lunch / Merch Sale

  • 1PM - Takeaway #4 / Ways to Store Money

  • 2PM - Takeaway #5 / Why Taxes Exist

  • 3PM - Takeaway #6 / Connecting Purpose to Profit

  • 4PM - Discussion / Feedback / Gift Giveaway / Merch Sale

In partnership with

Words from the founder

We have partnered with McFarland & Associates on the workshop, Consult the Youth, because we believe what Jesus said about Himself in John 8:36 is true: “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” And we believe Jesus meant freedom in every area of our lives: spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally and financially.  


Registration Options

Individual Admission

  • 1 admission ticket

  • Welcome packet

  • Breakfast snacks

  • Lunch provided

    $50

2 for 1 Special

  • 2 admission tickets

  • 2 welcome packets

  • Breakfast snacks

  • Lunch provided

    $70

Group Discount

  • 10 admission tickets

  • 10 welcome packets

  • Preferred table

  • Breakfast snacks

  • Lunch provided

  • 5 hats & 5 t-shirts

    $500

FAQs

  • At Hope City Community Church — 6115 Woodrow Bean
    El Paso, TX 79924

  • Business. Entrepreneurship. Finance.

  • If an individual admission’s ticket is purchased online prior to May 10th, they will receive a $5 discount.

  • We will livestream two of the six takeaways.

  • You can email workshop@associatewithma.com

  • Tickets are non-refundable yet they are transferable. Please contact us if you would like to transfer your ticket.

  • Yes, we will be providing Chick-fil-A which includes an original sandwich, chips, cookie, and a drink. If you need a substitute meal, please email us at workshop@associatewithma.com

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