By HEATHER APPEL
HERALD NEWS

PATERSON -- When Miryam "Gaby" Rinkerman started developing adult education programs for the Paterson Community Technology Center, she identified some urgent needs in Paterson's Hispanic community. One was computer training.

Another was financial literacy -- how to create a budget, build a credit history and avoid predatory lenders.

Rinkerman, the center's director, labored over a curriculum for each one. When the classes began, the computer class was overflowing, but the financial literacy workshop was almost empty.

She decided to combine the two, and three years later, "Computación y Finanzas" -- computers and finances -- is one of the most popular courses at the center, which is an extension of Passaic County Community College.

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