Jacqueline Cooper, MCP, BS

Founder/Principal, Financial Education Associates

Jacqueline Cooper founded Financial Education Associates in November 2001. In demand as an instructor of home buying classes, Jacqueline started FEA to present unbiased information to people seeking to get their finances in order to achieve home ownership and other financial goals. 

 

Jacqueline teaches to empower and has taught thousands of people in homebuyer and financial education classes.  Participants in her classes learn to research and evaluate financial products on their own as they work to achieve their financial goals.

Jacqueline has a wealth of experience in financial education, beginning in 1986 when she was hired to teach the first homebuyer classes for the Boston Home Center.  She has worked in virtually all communities in Greater Boston and in many cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth.  Her clients include dozens of non-profit development corporations, city agencies, local colleges and social service organizations.

Jacqueline is also an author.  Her publications include How to Purchase Foreclosed Property, a curriculum written for Massachusetts Home Ownership Collaborative,and How to Live within Your Means.

Jacqueline has a Masters in City Planning specializing in Housing, Community & Economic Development from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science in Management Information Systems from Northeastern University. 

Her certifications include Massachusetts State Office of Women & Minority Business Assistance (SOWMBA) - W/MBE and Neighborworks America as a consultant in Financial Education, Data Collection and Management.  She has a Seal of Approval from Massachusetts Homeownership Collaborative (CHAPA).

A Boston native, Jacqueline has been a homeowner for 24 years.