Ella The Banker

02/24/2026

We love to see our future girl bankers! 🧡

02/18/2026

We are honored to join CALS and families this weekend in celebration of Black History Month. 🧡

Join us for Culture and Characters - A Black History Book Fest

🗓 Saturday, February 21
⌚10 AM - 2 PM
📍CALS Children's Library and Learning Center

Celebrate Black History Month with a special event highlighting the voices, stories, and creativity of Black writers. Meet authors, discover new books, and explore the rich tradition of Black storytelling — all ages welcome!
📚 Program Lineup:
🎂 10:15am — Maria Hoskins (It's My Birthday)
🏦 11:15am — Shamim Okolloh & family (Ella the Banker)
👦🏾 12:15pm — Brandon D. Campbell (Oh Brother, My Brother)

02/10/2026

Hey Banker Friends 👋🏾

02/03/2026

Your students have big, bold ideas that deserve a million-dollar stage!

The Dollar Challenge is the ultimate national pitch competition for kids and teens (K-12). Kids and teens dream up solutions, tackle real-world problems and present ideas that improve their very own schools, homes and communities.

All it takes is a simple 30-90 second video. No fancy editing. No special tools. Just their creativity, clarity and courage. Students can enter solo or in teams of up to three, and entries are due February 27, 2026.

Ready, set, GROW!

Learn more at mottmillion.org

01/29/2026

🎧 we had a great conversation, thank you. 🧡

Episode 8 of the Woman-Run podcast is live!

Join host Meredith Lowry as she sits down with Shamim Okolloh, a Little Rock-based banker, author, and community advocate, for a powerful conversation on banking, leadership, and resilience.

From closing the gender gap in commercial lending to teaching kids money basics through the Ella The Banker series, Shamim shares how purpose, transparency, and community impact shape her work—and her life. 💛

Listen to the full episode now https://rss.com/es/podcasts/woman-run/2408754/

12/30/2025

Our partners gave us special moments in 2025 - we’re happy to have won a national award together. 🏆 🧡

12/01/2025

Hey banker friends, we’d love the opportunity to partner with you and get the book to the kiddos you serve. 📚🧡

DM or email us: [email protected]

11/14/2025

Hallo NWA educators! We look forward to meeting you tomorrow morning. 🧡

10/24/2025

🌟 Bilingual Author Visit 🌟
For the first time, the book was read in Spanish that’s to our friend and translator Adriana. 🧡

10/12/2025

We have an author visit & read along tomorrow with children in Kasese, Uganda. 🥹🧡